Canberra Storm

How’d you go with the storm last night ?


Didn’t that light up the night ? How crazy was that ? It sent social media into meltdown. Lightning and storm was trending in Canberra last night as the rain came bucketing down. Tuggeranong had 3 storms roll through….on the north side we had two. What a sound and light show ? How did you go at your place ? It woke up most of the town….it certainly woke me up. I don’t know if it was more about the thunder and lightning or the wind….or the hail coming in at right angles and hitting the bedroom window. It was crazy.

Here is one of the great pics up on the Riot Act website http://the-riotact.com/november-hail/60515

Did it wake you up ? Have you got damage at your place ? I’ve driven a bit this morning. Kaleen/Belconnnen/Dickson/Ainslie and Mitchell and I didn’t see any serious damage. Saw a bit of water over Northbourne Avenue and also on Cowper Street….a lot of sticks and leaves blown around but not too much else. If you’ve got something to report then do just that….get on the phone and report it this morning.

Up until midnight last night the ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) had received a total of 37 calls for help from the public as a result of the storm activity last night.

Four ACTSES units continue to respond with 13 jobs outstanding.

Call outs have been for minor flooding. Still no significant damage reported.

Anyone who needs emergency storm assistance should call the ACTSES on 132 500.

Now as far as rainfall figures, the Bureau of meterology official rain guage at the airport is cactus….I have no figure from there, so you may need to help me out with a figure from your place.

The Tuggeranong figure is 44 mm….and it looks as though you guys on the southside got a third storm cell in the early hours of this morning. 33mm in Belconnen thanks to Belconnen Weather .net. Darren Giles Gungahlin Weather station tells me that they scored 27mm. 54mm at Braidwood. 55 at Mt Ginini. Only 10 at Thredbo and just 2mm at Goulburn.

Let me know how you fared with the storms last night. They were described by some long time Canberra residents as the most severe thunderstorms in decades.

If you have any storm photos to share with us....do it.  You can email them to me through the 2CC website 2cc.net.au

We found these pics on twitter overnight.

Thanks to BJ Rugby and Gregarious21
And this was from Peter taken from Mt Ainslie