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Omaroo
23-01-2009, 06:08 PM
Wow - at our place south of Sydney a few minutes ago!!!
Scary watching it swirl....
EDIT: Added a single shot that I sent into Ch9, Ch10 and News Ltd. We'll see if it gets published.
Octane
23-01-2009, 06:12 PM
Chris,
OMFG! DAMN!
Keep us posted!
Regards,
Humayun
Quark
23-01-2009, 06:24 PM
Pretty amazing cloud formations there Chris,
Time to worry is if you see an airborne cow coming your way, thats what happened in "Twister".
Keep your head down.
Regards
Trevor
Wow would have loved to be there.
Phil
PeterM
23-01-2009, 06:29 PM
Wow, absolutely amazing pics. So lucky it didn't form into anything damaging.
PeterM
Matty P
23-01-2009, 06:30 PM
:eyepop:
That's so cool but scary at the same time.
:thumbsup:
renormalised
23-01-2009, 06:35 PM
Keep an eye on it....it won't be gone until the storm passes.
gaa_ian
23-01-2009, 08:05 PM
Scary and beautiful Chris
I have posted it on the NT stormchasers site.
http://www.northauschasers.com/
We have had a few storms over the past few days but nothing like that !
acropolite
23-01-2009, 08:06 PM
I would have been in the car and outta there. Looks scary.:scared:
sheeny
23-01-2009, 08:16 PM
Well captured, Chris.
They aren't as rare as the media would have you believe.
Al.
Hi Chris,
Great shots!
Looked like it was almost time to put on the ruby red shoes and start chanting
"There's no place like home"! :thumbsup:
Best regards
Gary
Awesome stuff Chris, I can see how you could be excited and worried all at the same time.
Omaroo
23-01-2009, 09:30 PM
LOL! Thanks everyone :)
Well, after circling around like a cornered animal, this storm delivered all of 17 drops (I counted them) of very cold rain and then went POOF! :lol:
jjjnettie
23-01-2009, 10:20 PM
You beat me to it Gary.
Great shots Chris, the best I've seen this season.
:scared:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:scared:
Awesome, would have loved to see it first-hand.
Thanks for the pics Chris!
iceman
24-01-2009, 01:55 AM
Wow, stunning.
I always thought that they were rare in this part of the world, but you are right, and we have had quite a number over the years.
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/sevwx/tornadofact.shtml
Craig.a.c
24-01-2009, 05:41 PM
Australia is the second most common place for tornados next to USA. Because Australia is such a large country with a small population we just don't see them as much.
Smirnoff
24-01-2009, 06:25 PM
Jesus christ!!!!!!11!! :eek: :eek:
Hey Chris, I'm glad it went POOF! and not KABOOM!
Spanrz
25-01-2009, 11:43 AM
Love those shots, Omaroo. But that's Sydney isn't, great storms like the Gold Coast/Brisbane have.
Reminds me when a storm hit Melbourne just over a year ago.
A few days before xmas, man, I have never ever seen a storm like that.
It was very hot and humid. Sky turned all greenish blue hues.
It rained that had, I reckon we had about 30 ml's in about 10 minutes.
The road near my work flooded that bad, the whole road was under foot of water.
But the most interesting thing we had, was a wind that I reckon was a tornado trying to form. It punched winds that strong it bent tree's over sideways just before they would break.
Then all of a sudden, it stopped. In a blink of an eye. Weird.
Intense photos.
g__day
26-01-2009, 10:36 AM
Really great shots Chris - glad it didn't get more exciting for you!
Kevnool
26-01-2009, 06:17 PM
Awesome shots Chris .....Big clouds for 16 spots, the menace looks like it could of dropped 2-3 inchs.
Its a good thing the monster dissapated.
Cheers Kev.
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