Major Tropical Cyclone NE Australia

[davenn]

Cyclone Debbie is a major CAT 4 storm at the time it hit the Queensland coast in the Bowen area. It has sustained winds near the centre of 185 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 260 km/hr have been recorded.
The Bureau of Meteorology (Australian weather service) suggest the possibility that gusts could exceed 270 km/hr near the eye.
High storm surges have already been recorded along the coast.
The storm is expected to deteriorate quickly after it is over land and away from the warm tropical seas.

Satellite image at 1200 hrs AEST ( Australian Eastern Standard Time), 28th March 2017

it's a bit more than 1500km north of my location

Dave

 

[fresh_42]

I hope @Math Amateur is fine. He told he would be traveling in Queensland ... I hope he meant Brisbane.

 

[davenn]

ohhh and a weather radar that includes lightning data

 

[OmCheeto]

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it's a bit more than 1500km north of my location

Dave

Is it safe to assume you missed the "900 mm" rainstorm?

Just saw a video of a house floating away in Luscombe.

ps. For my fellow yanks, 900 mm, is 3 feet, of rain.

 

[davenn]

Is it safe to assume you missed the "900 mm" rainstorm?

fortunately ! ... we have had quite a bit of rain in my region recently, but nothing like what they have had up north because of the cyclone

... the cyclone has been gone for almost a week but there are still areas going under flood waters up north because it has taken time for all the water in the tributaries to make it down into the main river course and cause it to flood the main river through the city of Rockhampton is a one of those and by lunch time tomorrow it is expected to peak at approx. 9 metres above normal level

Dave

 

[OmCheeto]

fortunately ! ... we have had quite a bit of rain in my region recently, but nothing like what they have had up north because of the cyclone

... the cyclone has been gone for almost a week but there are still areas going under flood waters up north because it has taken time for all the water in the
tributaries to make it down into the main river course and cause it to flood
the main river through the city of Rockhampton is a one of those and by lunch time tomorrow it is expected to peak at approx. 9 metres above normal level

Dave

It's hard for me to imagine that much rain, in such a short period of time, as that's approximately our annual average here: 915 mm

 

[RonL]

It's hard for me to imagine that much rain, in such a short period of time, as that's approximately our annual average here: 915 mm

It took some time for me to find a link, I was trying to get my head around how much rain fell compared to what happened near my location a few years ago... 19" in six hours
http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/how-much-rain-fell-in-marble-falls-texas-138/

The 900mm was spread out for 48 hours, but still "when you are flooded, you are flooded"