Victoria: Springs fronts/lows September 1st-7th 2009

Torrential rain here now in Sandy. Gutters awash.

Frankston could get absolutely slammed, check out that cell over the bay!

Yea is about to cop it Scott you could get between 4 to 8mm out of this band there better than nothing hey

More thunder and cc lightning here - very infrequent, but it's about every 2 minutes here, better than I could hope for today, wasn't expecting much.

Where is the BOM Severe Thunderstorm warning?

Brilliant! When you least expect it!!

Well it is all over here, just waiting for round 2

I_Love_Storms wrote:Where is the BOM Severe Thunderstorm warning?

just checked there isn't one yet

STW issued at 1514 for Damaging Winds.

Edit: Thanks John for posting actual warning

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST


SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for DAMAGING WIND
For people in the Northeast, North Central, Central and parts of the Northern Country, West and South Gippsland and Alpine Forecast Districts.


Issued at 3:14 pm Thursday, 3 September 2009.


Severe thunderstorms have the potential to produce damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Bendigo, Shepparton, Seymour, Melbourne, Wodonga and Wangaratta.




The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* Keep clear of fallen power lines.
* secure any loose objects in the vicinity of your home.
* stay indoors if possible.
* Avoid using the phone during the storm.
* if you are outside, avoid sheltering under trees
* listen to the radio for storm updates
* switch off your computer and electrical appliances


The next warning is due to be issued by 6:15 pm.


If severe thunderstorms develop in the Melbourne Area, a more detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning will be issued to people in this area.


Umm Hello BOM theres a supercell over the Bay at the moment get with the times

Perfect, looking over the bay more coming

Yes definitely severe criterian has been reached

Always happens at this time of year, cool uppers and warm air advected from the North and decent development going on..

Yep will be interesting to see tonight on the news

no thunder here yet

That sound of chain saws and mulchers quickly stopped and replaced with Thunder. Rain just starting in Boronia, was pretty warm out there earlier gardening got to 21.6 @2.48

Holy cow that line is intense over the bay

Didnt get much here, but gotten muggy since the sun had peaked out again

Just starting to rain here. Wind is really gusting up. Few power fluctuations and distant rumbles. but not much lightning here. Mostly wind and water.

Brilliant, Thunder and lightning everywhere, has now passed, if this is what is to come this season ill be happy!

well that was very dissapointing here in boronia central, one distant rumble and some light rain but a lot of wind

seems to have gone now....maybe something later?

good on the people that did get the thunder!

Well, We seemed to have missed any lightning here, but some great wind driven rain here. Still going a little, will probably be all over for me in the next 5 minutes

Looking at the obs that line sits on a convergence of NE to NW winds. Behind the band it's all NW - edit though with some more showers suddenly developing

Stunning how quickly it developed but also over so quickly with pretty piddly rainfall totals (about 1.5mm up here). Still, got about 10 rumbles though mostly pretty distant. Looks like Mt Macedon leads the metro area ATM with 3mm.

Looks like the second lot has started, coming from the NW, light rain again but with pretty large drops...

new weather station says 1.0mm here

Can see that second line starting to come through, unfortunately nowhere near here. I'd say thats it for me. Next system please.

I picked up 5mm in the garden at work in Toorak, i have NEVER seen it fall so heavily in all the time that i have worked there.Shame it was only for about 7mins Crazy thunder and lightning too, it was scary