West Coast thunderstorm watch... Tues 21 July

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Tue 21/07/2009 17:46

Thought I'd start up a thread so anyone who is seeing/hearing predicted storms on West Coast can let us know where/when so I can rush out to look...

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Tue 21/07/2009 17:48

Wow, pretty much on cue I now have thunder rumbling - long and loud but distant... off out to check $\:D/$

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Tue 21/07/2009 17:52

WOOOOOHOOOOO sky lighting up... going offline...

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 21/07/2009 18:09

Certainly looks like these thunderstorms are spilling right over accross the plains. Most unusual pattern!

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Tue 21/07/2009 18:12

Nothing heard or seen for last 10 mins... raining hard.

MoorfNZ · Unread post by **MoorfNZ** » Tue 21/07/2009 18:33

Few flashes around...

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 21/07/2009 18:36

Another heavy shower just though ChCh.

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 21/07/2009 18:40

Just got that shower too grounds actually wet this time with 1mm in the gauge.
Some very bright flashes to the west some look quite close at times.

mikestormchaser · Unread post by **mikestormchaser** » Tue 21/07/2009 18:43

I haven't seen the flashes yet, but will look soon.
Seems to be spilling over quite nicely, and have had two decent sporadic showers in the last couple of hours in Christchurch.
Checked the radar and the storm is not far off, i wouldn't be surprised if jase can hear thunder now.

Andrew Massie · Unread post by **Andrew Massie** » Tue 21/07/2009 19:13

HEAPS of flashes North of here.. Going off! Tracker isn't very accurate!

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 21/07/2009 19:39

Looks to have been a decent thunderstorm over coastal North Otago this evening. A bit unseasonable! Very cold upper air and quite a strong mid level trough currently crossing Otago coupled with a surface trough (wind change).

drew · Unread post by **drew** » Tue 21/07/2009 20:43

Its insane here in South Taranaki at the mo....

Lightning going off every few seconds, lots of big flashes, loud thunder.
Very blustery winds, and short HEAVY intense downpours!!

Wow... hailing now... big cloud burst!

Edit: Deathly quiet and calm now.... I guess the front has moved on?

Edit: Incredible.... it was full noise here for about 1 hour and then it just stopped, like someone flicked a switch!
Man, I love this region - we get some hard case weather.

Drew

Dale · Unread post by **Dale** » Tue 21/07/2009 20:55

Dear mother on the west coast (Dunollie Runanga) popped me a quick email before she went offline saying the rain was blowing horizontal & was waiting for the roof to lift off the house.. shes been through all the big supercells in SEQueensland over the last 15 years but this blow is one of the few that have worried her.

Havent heard from her yet but I know shes safe.

mattyj46 · Unread post by **mattyj46** » Tue 21/07/2009 21:02

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
This watch affects people in the following weather forecast districts:
Waitomo
Taranaki

A line of thunderstorms is currently moving through the South Taranaki area with heavy rainfall and hail of 10 to 15mm. There has been some damage near Opunake either from strong wind gusts or a small tornado. The area for potential strong winds is moving northward and should clear central Taranaki in the next hour and possibly affect areas further north in the next few hours.

Issued by: Paul Mallinson

http://www.metservice.co.nz/public/weat ... watch.html

Storm Struck · Unread post by **Storm Struck** » Tue 21/07/2009 23:34

Small tornado reported on Stuff website, could be more a squall or downburst perhaps.
Notice for once they didnt say that M*** Tornado word

, although apparently Plice have urged people to take care on the roads

.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2660653/Tornado-st
rikes-Opunake

Vertigo · Unread post by **Vertigo** » Wed 22/07/2009 00:19

making its way up to auckland now.. flashes off the coast

Manukau heads obs · Wed 22/07/2009 06:42

we had a good gale here too overnight and flashes of lightning I could see at one stage

ricky · Unread post by **ricky** » Wed 22/07/2009 07:15

Was woken up here by thunder about 2:20 am, had some great squally thundery showers for about an hour leaving around 13mm rain, very heavy at times up to 2mm per minute

Richard · Unread post by **Richard** » Wed 22/07/2009 07:41

Had a great display of of overhead sheet lightning here for about an hour last evening ,not a lot of rain though 4mm

Manukau heads obs · Wed 22/07/2009 07:47

i saw that you had alot of rain there Ricky, more than we got!

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Wed 22/07/2009 07:47

Nice pic of a 'whirlwind' (?) N of Cromwell at about 11.15am yesterday...

'Lucky escape as whirlwind hits'

And an update on last night's Opunake 'tornado' ...

'Tornado brings new twist'

Dale · Unread post by **Dale** » Wed 22/07/2009 07:55

Yeah that was a pearler indeed.. about 2am woke the me & the missus up who just cowered under the duvet the sook

while we got blasted by very gusty winds, heavy rain and some small hail. Believe I did hear 1 clap of thunder and as quick as it happened it was all over red rover.

Nice

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 22/07/2009 07:56

Yes, a bit of a rogue thunderstorm over Auckland early this morning. I don't think we have had much real heavy rain this winter but it did get very heavy for a short while in that storm.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Wed 22/07/2009 07:57

Woken by torrential rain about 2.30am, could just here the thunder over the noise of the rain.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 22/07/2009 08:00

Thats an absolutely outstanding photo of the dust devil near Cromwell yesterday.

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