Eastern NSW cops a drenching

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Weatherzone, By: Rob Sharpe, 04/20/2013

 

Heavy showers are moving from the South Coast to the Mid North Coast today before mostly sunny skies return on Sunday. The heaviest fall to 9am was at Ulladulla where 158mm drenched the coastal town and was also their heaviest April rain in 24 years of records. In just half hour an a storm pelted 40mm of rain.

 

Nowra also had 74mm, its heaviest April rain since at least 1991. A bit further north flash flooding was reported in Gerringong, which has been hit by multiple heavy showers. In Sydney, Cronulla gained 56mm by 9am and the city recorded 34mm in the gauge. Just after 9am Observatory Hill copped a thunderstorm with a whopping 12mm in only four minutes.

 

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