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Monday 24 July 2000 |
Wintry gales, tornadoes and flooding as fronts cross the southeast |
Cold fronts swept across SA, Victoria and Tasmania today as a prelude to another cold southern outbreak. Two weak tornadoes were reported from Aldinga and Woodcroft, about 40km south of Adelaide, South Australia, causing minor damage to trees and houses, while in northern Tasmania strong winds uprooted trees, broke windows, lifted roofs and completely unroofed a house in Devonport. Wind gusts with the first front were particularly strong in eastern Victoria and southeastern NSW where Cooma and Gelantipy recorded gusts of 89 and 102km/h respectively. Heavy overnight rain fell in the Western Tiers inland from Devonport, Tasmania, with 64mm recorded at Liawenee on the Great Lake before rain turned to lighter snow this morning. Minor flooding resulted in the Mersey, Forth and Meander Rivers. |
Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 64.2 Liawenee Tas |
Today's highest & lowest temps |
Other extremes Rainfall: Wind gusts: Flood peaks in Tasmania: Records set this day . |
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Maximum | Minimum | ||
34.4 Curtin AP Derby WA | 24.0 Coconut Is Qld | ||
0.0 Crackenback NSW | -8.7 Glen Innes AP NSW | ||
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | ||
+9.7 30.9 Windorah Qld |
+8.4 15.0 Birdsville Qld |
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-2.1 15.0 Esperance MO WA |
-7.5 -2.0 Dwellingup WA |
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