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Saturday 11 March 2000 |
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Today's weather extremes |
Flood
peaks at Carnarvon WA Heavy rain in SE WA and NSW/Qld border country ![]() |
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Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am |
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129.0
Enngonia PO NSW 126.0 Barringun NSW 122.0 Bamaga Qld 104.0 Dum In Mirrie NT Other high NSW/S Qld falls: Other high WA falls: |
Levee
banks protected Carnarvon WA from major flooding today as the Gascoyne
River south of the town peaked at 7.53m at 5.30 this morning, dropped
slightly, then rose to 7.57m with the high tide this afternoon. This level
is 22cm higher than the 1980 flood, and the highest level reached since
1961. However, millions of dollars worth of damage are being caused to mango
and banana plantations, livestock, fencing, roads and other infrastructure
by the floodwaters. Several hundred of the town's 10,000 residents were
evacuated. Most roads in the district, and in the Pilbara and Kimberley
regions to the north, remain impassable or blocked by flooded streams.
Meanwhile, former TC Steve crossed the WA southern coastline south of Balladonia late this afternoon, still with a central pressure of 993hPa. Overnight and this morning, the depression continued to dump 50 to 100mm on a swathe of country from the central wheat belt through the Goldfields to the south coast around Esperance. Road and rail links from the Goldfields to the coast have been submerged or damaged. The Coolgardie to Esperance Highway is impassable, while the Dalyup River bridge 30km west of Esperance on the South Coast Highway is closed with major structural damage. Later estimates placed the total damage bill from this year's storms in the Esperance Shire at $1.6m. The Coolgardie to Esperance railway is also closed by washaways near Norseman, where 81mm fell in 15 hours, and scoured track formation farther south at Salmon Gums. Mining operations in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area were stopped by the rain. Heavy rain continued to fall in NSW and southern Queensland today as a slow-moving trough system moved from central to northeastern NSW while gradually weakening. An area of 70 to 130mm of rain fell from SW Queensland to the NSW Central Tablelands overnight and this morning, producing minor flooding in the Warrego River from the Queensland border south.
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Highest & Lowest Temps |
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Maximum | Minimum | |||||||
38.0
Eucla AP WA 38.0 Ceduna AP SA 38.0 Kyancutta SA 38.0 Nullarbor Roadhouse SA |
27.1 Centre Is NT | |||||||
14.9 Mt Wellington Tas | 4.0 Lake St Clair Tas | |||||||
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | |||||||
+13.0 38.0 Eucla AP WA |
+8.5 19.0 Lake Eildon Vic |
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-10.0 23.0 Paynes Find WA |
-6.1 15.5 Boulia Qld |
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Other extreme readings | ||||||||
Rainfall: Esperance AP WA: 47.2mm in 4h to 7am Yeelirrie WA: 55mm in 15h to 6am Laverton WA: 25mm in 6h to 3am Mt Walton East WA: 34mm in 6h to 3am Kalgoorlie WA: 27mm in 6h to 3am Norseman PO WA: 81mm in 15h to 9am Salmon Gums WA: 58mm in 9h to 6am Dum In Mirrie NT: 104mm in 6h to 9am Weipa AP Qld: 70mm in 2h to 5pm Brewarrina NSW: 67mm in 18h to 9am Trangie Res Stn NSW: 55mm in 6h to 9am, 33.4 in 2h to 8am. Mudgee AP NSW: 71mm in 9h to 3pm, 53.8 in 5h to 1pm. Gulgong NSW: 94mm in 24h to 3pm Nullo Mtn NSW: 37mm in 6h to 3pm Bathurst AP NSW: 37mm in 12h to 9am Wellington Town NSW: 93mm in 24h to 3pm Flood peaks: |
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Records set this day | ||||||||
Highest
daily rainfall for March: Esperance Downs Res Stn WA: 76.4mm |
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