2018-12-20 -- major and damaging storms across Sydney

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Thursday 20th Dec, will be known for one the most costly storm damage days in Sydney area in the last 20 years. One insurance company alone has stated it had so far received ~ 125,000 claims for hail, wind and flooding damage. Hail up to grapefruit size, golfball and tennis ball size was common in some areas

other fellow Sydney chaser hail pix ...
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Camden is around 25 km SW of home



here's several pic's from the day from my camera ... just a small selection

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and for the money shot of the day ...
a major super cell

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cheers
Dave
 

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Some radar pix during this time ...
the red through to purple are the most intense parts of the storm cells
The blue dot in the middle is home

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