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Thursday, 13 DEC 2001

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Violent storm damages Dungog NSW
Cold and stormy in eastern WA
Heavy downpour at Kununurra WA
A small but violent storm brought strong winds and heavy hail to the lower Hunter Valley town of Dungog NSW around 7pm today. The isolated storm cell developed about 50km NW of Gosford around 3pm, then travelled slowly north parallel to the coast. The storm maintained a nearly circular rain echo about 20km in diameter on radar until it weakened then vanished rapidly around 8pm. Between 5.30pm when it was west of Newcastle and 7.30, soon after it passed directly over Dungog, the radar echoes indicated a strong but small hail shaft. About 9 Dungog houses were unroofed in the storm, while a shed roof was blown onto a neighbouring house. Trees and power lines were brought down, and power was lost to about a thousand residences for up to 4 hours. SES and power employees spent much of the night cleaning up.

Heavy cloud cover and rain areas kept maximum temperatures 12 or more below average over the southeastern two-thirds of WA today. Leonora's top of 17.9 was a whopping 17.5 below the December average. There were some heavy falls of rain in desert areas, with Warburton recording 35mm in 3 hours to midnight this morning and Laverton 21mm in 3 hours to 9am.

A line of storm cells that developed on the monsoon trough line south of Wyndham this afternoon brought brief torrential rain. Kununurra Airport recorded 47.8mm in 30 minutes to 4pm.

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 18:21 EDST on 16/12/01

Quality control note: Data is complete, and has been visually checked by AWN for gross errors. Less obvious errors may remain. See Explanation of Extremes Pages for more information
Records set this day (none known)

Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals received, and/or all reported falls of 50mm or more.

114.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT
76.6 MOSS VALE STATION Central Coast E QLD
75.8 GERIATRIC PARK Darwin-Daly NT
71.0 WHITEFORD'S ALERT Central Coast E QLD
70.5 EL QUESTRO N Kimberley WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     N Kimberley
70.5 EL QUESTRO

NORTHERN TERRITORY
     Victoria
52.6 BIRRINDUDU
    Darwin-Daly
114.0 DUM IN MIRRIE
75.8 GERIATRIC PARK
64.4 PIRLANGIMPI
55.0 KATHERINE COUNCIL

QUEENSLAND
     Upper Carpentaria
61.0 CHILLAGOE ATHERTON STREET
    Central Coast E
76.6 MOSS VALE STATION
71.0 WHITEFORD'S ALERT
66.6 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE
65.0 PAYNES LAGOON STATION
64.0 MIRANI MARY STREET
63.0 MOSS VALE ALERT
52.0 CRYSTAL BROOK
    Brisbane/SE Coast
52.0 LAKE COOROIBAH(PINES AV)

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     E Kimberley
KUNUNURRA AERO
47.8mm in 30 min to 16:00 95.6mm/h
50.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 50.2mm/h
52.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 52.4mm/h
ARGYLE AERODROME
14.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 14.2mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h
    Murchison
MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h
    Goldfields
LEONORA
17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.7mm/h
LAVERTON AERO
21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h
    Interior
WARBURTON AIRFIELD
11.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.0mm/h
35.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 11.7mm/h

NORTHERN TERRITORY
     Roper-McArthur
WOLLOGORANG
16.0mm in 3 hr to 11:30 5.3mm/h
    Darwin-Daly
DARWIN AIRPORT
10.4mm in 30 min to 23:30 20.8mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.4mm/h
MCCLUER ISLAND
19.0mm in 3 hr to 05:30 6.3mm/h
DUM IN MIRRIE
32.0mm in 3 hr to 05:30 10.7mm/h
PORT KEATS AERO
10.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.8mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 6.7mm/h
    Alice Springs
KINTORE (WULUNGURRU)
2.2mm in 1 min to 19:39 132.0mm/h
9.0mm in 14 min to 19:53 38.6mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 5.3mm/h
RABBIT FLAT
20.0mm in 3 hr to 02:30 6.7mm/h

QUEENSLAND
     Gulf Country
BURKETOWN POST OFFICE
36.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 12.0mm/h
SWEERS ISLAND
54.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 9.0mm/h
BURKETOWN AIRSTRIP
12.8mm in 47 min to 08:47 16.3mm/h
10.2mm in 13 min to 09:00 47.1mm/h
23.0mm in 1 hr to 09:00 23.0mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.0mm/h
14.4mm in 22 min to 09:22 39.3mm/h
6.4mm in 38 min to 10:00 10.1mm/h
20.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 20.8mm/h
    N Coast--Barron
CAIRNS AERO
8.6mm in 23 min to 08:57 22.4mm/h
    N Coast--Herbert
SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
26.4mm in 37 min to 15:00 42.8mm/h
37.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 37.8mm/h
39.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 13.0mm/h
44.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 14.7mm/h
INGHAM COMPOSITE
36.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
     NW Plains E
MOREE AERO
10.0mm in 30 min to 22:00 20.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 10.0mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
42.4 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD
42.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
41.6 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
41.4 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
41.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
41.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
41.0 CANNINGTON MINE Northwest QLD
41.0 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
 29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
28.8 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT
28.0 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
27.8 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT
27.7 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
10.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
12.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
13.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
13.3 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC
13.3 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
 0.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
3.2 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+5.1   36.1 KALBARRI Central West WA
+4.7   34.2 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
+4.6   33.5 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
+4.0   33.2 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+4.0   23.4 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS
 +5.1   27.5 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+3.4   25.0 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN N Coast--Herbert QLD
+3.4   25.5 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+3.3   25.4 CARDWELL EDEN ST N Coast--Herbert QLD
+3.2   25.8 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD
+3.2   25.3 INGHAM COMPOSITE N Coast--Herbert QLD
+3.2   25.0 AYR DPI RESEARCH STN Central Coast E QLD
-17.5   17.9 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-15.3   20.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-15.1   15.7 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-14.2   20.9 KULGERA Alice Springs NT
-13.5   23.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-6.4   5.0 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
-6.3   8.8 NARRANDERA GOLF CLUB Riverina E NSW
-5.9   7.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
-5.8   9.0 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide Plains SA

Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.

None reported

Other extremes

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