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The storm chaser contact list is online and available to members only in the members section. If anyone has any updates please send them to Michael Bath

Storm News

The Summer 2004-2005 edition of Storm News is now available in the members area, stories include:

  • The massive supercell outbreak across eastern Australia in December!
  • Incredible HP beasts over Southeast Queensland
  • Magnificently photogenic LP supercell over the Hunter Valley
  • Thunder Downunder 2004 - ends with a great show!
  • Sutton Forest Giant Hail Supercell
  • Largest edition ever! Over thirty pages of high quality chase reports and photos.

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    06/07/09 - AGM 2009 Update - Venues Finalised!

    The AGM 2009 has been finalised! We now have confirmed venues for all 3 days. Click here for more information.

    02/07/09 - AGM 2009 Update - Venue Confirmed!

     

    The AGM committee is please to announce the site location for this years Conference. Click here for more information.

    13/03/09 - Southern Skies Launch

     

    The Australian Severe Weather Association is proud to announce the launch of its new Weather Magazine - Southern Skies.

    This new magazine will take the place of Storm News, and will be released on a quarterly basis.

    The Spring 2008 edition has been released, and is available to members for downloading and reading from the members area.

    21/01/08 - Storms and Flooding Rains - Mid December 2007 - Mid January 2008

    Cb near Myrtleford - 3rd January 2008

    Photo by Jane ONeill

    The drought has come to a sudden end in a number of places in Eastern Australia with heavy rain and major flooding. Storms were a little less frequent than in early December, but nonetheless there have been some amazing reports produced:

    23/01/08 - Shear Havoc - December 2007

    Hail from the Western Sydney Supercell - 09 December 2007

    Photo by Matt Smith

    Conditions in Eastern Australia in the period 5th - 12th December were more conducive to producing severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail due to the stronger stearing winds and increased shear.

    Tamworth, NSW: 7th December

    A storm on the Northern fringes of Tamworth, NSW on the afternoon of 7th December produced damaging winds that caused major damage to a number of buildings in Oxley Vale and Moore Creek. The snapping of a concrete high voltage power pole at the base along with other damage to electricity infrastructure resulted in extensive power outages in the areas North of Tamworth, including the towns of Manilla and Barraba:

    North-West/Northern Sydney, NSW: 9th December

    A storm producing hail to 8cm moved across North-West and Northern Sydney on the afternoon of the 9th December causing extensive damage to homes and cars with an estimated repair bill in excess of $100 million.

    More storms after the 9th of December:

    15/12/07 - La Nina Fires up the Storm Season

    Lightning over Western Sydney - 21st November 2007

    Photo by Rhett Blanch

    The past few weeks have produced an amazing number of storms. With a series of troughs well entrenched in NSW and the La Nina event providing the moisture that been missing in previous years its shaping to be one of the best storms season in Eastern NSW for quite some years. Oh and of course the Top End has fired up as well.

    Is the Collector Supercell the most photographed storm in Australia ever? Apparently there where 17 people surrounding the beast, some reports with more to come I'm sure:

    North East NSW and SE Queensland had their share late October - early November and there was that tornado thing as well (see below).

    27/10/07 - Tornado at Dunoon near Lismore, NSW - 26th October 2007

    Jimmy Degaura of www.australiasevereweather.com has captured what must be some of the most extraordinary footage (13mb file) of a tornado on the ground in Australia at Dunoon near Lismore on 26th October. An initial assessment by Jimmy and Michael Bath rate it as an F-1 tornado:

    [Reminder: as always, photos and videos are copyright of those who took them.]

    16/12/07 - Early Spring 2007 Season Reports

    Photo by Marty Pouwelse

    With the weather warming up severe weather reports are appearing from many places across the country, well OK the Northern Rivers and SE Queensland mostly, but we have had some storms in Sydney.

    The following are some early spring reports.:

    07/12/07 - 2007 Weather Conference

    2007 Weather Conference

    The Annual Weather Conference was held at the Gold Coast on the 10th-12th August 2007. This exciting weekend at the Gold Coast is one that was not to be missed! For more details, click here.

    22/03/07 - January 2007 Reports


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