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Severe Weather Discussion => Australian Severe Storms, Weather Events and Storm Chasing => Topic started by: Michael Thomas on 29 July 2011, 11:50:38 AM
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Yesterday an impressive squall line hit the SW coast of WA. With this squall line, wind gusts to 126 km/hr were recorded at Rottnest Island-
Time Temp dew point Wind dir, speed and gusts Pressure Rain (mm)
27/05:30pm 13.7 13.1 WNW 46 69 1006.1 6.6
27/05:28pm 13.5 12.9 WNW 46 72 1006.1 6.4
27/05:23pm 12.9 12.1 WNW 50 115 1006.1 6.0
27/05:18pm 11.8 10.7 WNW 74 126 1005.5 3.4
27/05:17pm 12.1 11.0 WNW 78 126 1005.5 3.0
27/05:13pm 13.6 11.8 NW 96 126 1003.4 1.4
27/05:11pm 17.5 14.2 N 54 95 1005.0 0.6
27/05:06pm 18.3 14.2 N 46 65 1004.0 0.2
After the squall line went through, more descrete storms formed out to sea before moving across the coast later in the evening. The town of Waroona was hit by a storm which caused extensive damage to houses and trees. Some very interest photos below. Also, see the news article-
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/galleries/photo/-/9929680/tornado-alley/9929681/ (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/galleries/photo/-/9929680/tornado-alley/9929681/)
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/the-clean-up-starts-after-last-nights-storm/18179 (http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/the-clean-up-starts-after-last-nights-storm/18179)
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Here's the radar for the storms which hit Waroona, WA from 1430UTC
128km Radar Loop for Perth (Serpentine), 06:00 27/07/2011 to 18:00 27/07/2011 UTC
(http://www.theweatherchaser.com/radar-thumb/IDR703/2011-07-27-06/2011-07-27-18/300.s.png) (http://www.theweatherchaser.com/radar-loop/IDR703-perth-serpentine/2011-07-27-06/2011-07-27-18)