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Monday 17 April 2000

Storms widespread in northern NSW
Record rain in Alice Springs area
Rainfall for the 24 hours to 9am
Thunderstorms swept across the northern half of NSW overnight and today ahead of an advancing cold front giving many centres 15 to 35mm of rain. Some of the heaviest 24 hour totals fell in NW NSW as the storms passed; totals are given below. An unofficial recording of 27mm in 15 minutes was made at Evans Head, on the coast 35km south of Ballina, as storms passed through around 4.30pm.

A cloudband stretching across the nation's centre gave unusually heavy rain in Alice Springs today. 36mm fell between 9am and 3pm in steady rain, with 50mm in the gauge for the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, the highest April 1-day fall in nearly 60 years of record. Locations around the Alice recorded 30 to 50mm over the same period; details are given below and in tomorrow's listings.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am

129.0 North East Is NT
82.0 Moola Bulla Halls Ck WA
82.0 Groote Eylandt AP NT
72.0 Halls Ck AP WA

Heavy falls in S Qld, W NSW, S NT
47.0 St George AP Qld
45.4 Wallace Rock Hole NT
37.6 Mereenie NT
35.1 Willandra Nat Pk Trida NSW
34.2 Louth NSW
34.2 Gilgandra NSW
34.0 Mendooran NSW
33.6 Lake Cargelligo NSW
31.0 Bourke AP NSW
30.2 Nyngan NSW
30.0 Mt Riddock NT

Today's highest & lowest temps

Other extremes

Rainfall:
Alice Springs AP NT: 36mm in 6h to 3pm
Wanaaring PO NSW: 49.0mm in 48h to 9am

Records set this day

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Maximum Minimum
36.3 Mardie WA 27.4 Centre Is NT
5.0 Crackenback NSW -3.0 Thredbo Village NSW

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+5.3
29.9 Double Is Point LH Qld		 +9.1
16.6 Barraba NSW
-9.9
18.0 Alice Springs AP NT		 -7.9
6.0 Pearce AP WA

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