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Photographs by Michael Bath

The 4th December 2007 was one of the few decent severe thunderstorm days of the 2007/08 season in the NSW Northern Rivers region after the incredibly active and destructive October storms.

The day started off with fairly weak and dryish looking convection along the Richmond Range before a decent thunderstorm organised southwest of Grafton. The storm tracked fairly slowly northwards over several hours cycling into the severe category several times, before dissipating near Casino.

At times there were characteristics of a supercell but these were short-lived. A storm chase between Casino and Grafton provided some nice photo opportunities.
Full sequence of this event.


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Reports from previous seasons: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995

June 2008
Trough/Low NSW/QLD 19-20 June 2008
QLD/NSW Rain Event: 29 May - 5 June 2008
May 2008
Southeast Australia Storms: 26-28 May 2008
Thunderstorms, rain, cold and snow SA/VIC/NSW/Qld (including Guyra & Ben Lomond snow event): 15 - 18 May 2008
NSW upper cold pool storms: 12 - 14 May 2008
April 2008
Lismore Flood Pictures and Wilsons River Flood Height Information / Richmond River Flood Plain by Michael Bath
NSW & SE QLD Rain and Storms: 18-25 April 2008
Severe Hail Storms NSW / SE QLD: 13-14 April 2008
Coastal Rain/Storms SE QLD/NSW: 6-10 April 2008
Intense Low Southeast Australia: 2-3 April 2008
March 2008
Sydney / Illawarra Storms: Saturday 29 March 2008
NSW / SE QLD Rain and Storms: 26 to 28 March 2008
NSW / VIC Storms: 24 to 25 March 2008
February 2008
NSW and Sydney Storms: 26 to 28 February 2008
Bonnie Hills NSW Waterspout / Tornado: Monday 25 February 2008
Eastern QLD Monsoonal Low (incl Mackay Flood): 12 to 16 February 2008
Storms E NSW and SE Qld: 9 to 12 February 2008
NSW and QLD Storms: 6 to 7 February 2008
NSW / SE QLD Rain Event and Storms: 2 to 5 February 2008
January 2008
NSW/VIC Severe Storms: 30 to 31 January 2008
SE QLD / NE NSW Storms: 26 to 28 January 2008
NSW / QLD Heavy Rain and Storms: 15 to 19 January 2008
NSW and Sydney Storms: 13th January 2008
NSW Southern Tablelands Storms: 12th January 2008
Coral Sea Lows - Major Flooding NE NSW / SE QLD (incl Kyogle, Lismore, Coraki): 29 Dec to 7 Jan 2008
December 2007
SE Aust Severe Storms (incl possible VIC tornadoes): 19 - 22 December 2007
NSW Storms: 15-16 December 2007
NSW/SE Qld Storms (incl possible Manilla tornado): 10-11 December 2007
NSW Severe Storms (including Sydney supercell hailstorm): 7 to 9 December 2007
NSW Storms: 6 December 2007
NSW / S QLD Severe Storms: 4 - 5 December 2007
NSW Storms: 3rd December 2007
Melbourne Severe Storms and Rotating Wall Cloud - 3rd December 2007
NSW Storms: 1 - 2 December 2007
November 2007
NSW Storms - flash flooding: 30 November 2007
NSW Storms: 28 - 29 November 2007
NSW/S QLD Storms: 24 - 26 November 2007
NSW/S QLD Storms: 22-23 November 2007
NSW Severe Storms - Hailstorms : 14 - 21 November 2007
VIC Thunderstorms: 7th to 10th November 2007
NSW / S QLD Storms: 1 - 4 November 2007
October 2007
NSW / S QLD Severe Storms: 28 - 31 October 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion)
NSW / S QLD Severe Storms (including the Dunoon Tornado with substation explosion - near Lismore, NSW): 24 - 26 October 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion)
NSW/SE QLD Severe Storms (including the Lismore Supercell Hailstorm): 5 - 10 October 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion)
September 2007
NSW/QLD Showers and Storms: 26-30 September 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion)
NE NSW/SE QLD Storms: Saturday 22nd September 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion)
Severe Storms NSW/SE QLD 14-16 September 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion)
NSW/SE QLD Storms 10-11 September 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion)
August 2007
Rain event SE Qld and NE NSW: 19 - 25 August 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion)
July 2007
NSW Northern Ranges Snow Chase Forecasting Guide by Michael Bath
East NSW Cold Pool and Upper Trough: - Gales and Snow: 5th to 9th July 2007 (ASW Forum Discussion) by Jimmy Deguara and Michael Bath

Reports from previous seasons: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995

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