Zware hagelstorm teistert Australie
Hail storm batters Darling Downs
A slow-moving thunderstorm front has moved over Ipswich, west of Brisbane. The storms weakened on the southern Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley region, south-west of Brisbane. The Weather Bureau says the storms - which produced heavy rainfall and large hail - are moving slowly toward the coast.
Senior forecaster Brian Rollstone says the township of Allora was battered by hail on Thursday afternoon. The intensity is weakening now and it is starting to drift toward the east and by the time this all gets to Brisbane it will be even weaker, he said. I think there's thundery rain on the coast there, much weaker again, so all the storms started on the ranges on the Darling Downs and it is only just getting onto the coast strip. Local police Sergeant Bruce Willett says there have been no reports of damage.
We ended up with a wave of hail across us and if left a layer of white across the ground, probably large marble size, he said. And then we had another wave come over but it was only pea-sized so I spoke to the Clifton police officer before and he had an unconfirmed report from a fellow over at Killarney that they may have had some cricket ball-sized stuff this afternoon. Earlier the Bureau was warning of the chance of flash flooding.
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A slow-moving thunderstorm front has moved over Ipswich, west of Brisbane. The storms weakened on the southern Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley region, south-west of Brisbane. The Weather Bureau says the storms - which produced heavy rainfall and large hail - are moving slowly toward the coast.
Senior forecaster Brian Rollstone says the township of Allora was battered by hail on Thursday afternoon. The intensity is weakening now and it is starting to drift toward the east and by the time this all gets to Brisbane it will be even weaker, he said. I think there's thundery rain on the coast there, much weaker again, so all the storms started on the ranges on the Darling Downs and it is only just getting onto the coast strip. Local police Sergeant Bruce Willett says there have been no reports of damage.
We ended up with a wave of hail across us and if left a layer of white across the ground, probably large marble size, he said. And then we had another wave come over but it was only pea-sized so I spoke to the Clifton police officer before and he had an unconfirmed report from a fellow over at Killarney that they may have had some cricket ball-sized stuff this afternoon. Earlier the Bureau was warning of the chance of flash flooding.
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