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Operation "Autumn Storm" : ECC workplace project : Sydney Hailstorm, 14 April 1999.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: [New South Wales] : Emergency Management Australia, 1999Description: 1 v. (various pagings)DDC classification:
  • 363.349209943 21
Subject: On 14th April 1999 a storm cell developed 115 kilometres south east of Sydney over land near the township of Nowra. The storm continued to track north east over Botany Bay where it continued to spread and impact on the various suburbs. In total, the storms' zone of influence (Sydney) stretched some 60 kilometres from south to north. Hail stones up to nine centimetres in diameter were accompanied by strong winds, lightning and heavy rain as the storm cut a swathe of destruction from south to north. In meteorological terms the storm was a rare but unusually severe type of thunderstorm known as a 'supercell' whose structure, intensity, movement and longevity is characteristically quite different from ordinary thunderstorms.
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Submission date : 30 July 1999

On 14th April 1999 a storm cell developed 115 kilometres south east of Sydney over land near the township of Nowra. The storm continued to track north east over Botany Bay where it continued to spread and impact on the various suburbs. In total, the storms' zone of influence (Sydney) stretched some 60 kilometres from south to north. Hail stones up to nine centimetres in diameter were accompanied by strong winds, lightning and heavy rain as the storm cut a swathe of destruction from south to north. In meteorological terms the storm was a rare but unusually severe type of thunderstorm known as a 'supercell' whose structure, intensity, movement and longevity is characteristically quite different from ordinary thunderstorms.

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