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001 "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]   Severe Storm in Maclean / Yamba / Palmerston Areas Yesterday
002 Ben Munro [benjamin at biosys.net]                Severe Storm in Maclean / Yamba /
003 mildad [mildad at one.net.au]                     (no subject)
004 Greg CURTIS [curtisg at ecn.net.au]               Energex map - scale

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From: "Michael Thompson" [michaelt at ozemail.com.au]
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Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Severe Storm in Maclean / Yamba / Palmerston Areas Yesterday.
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 11:59:08 +1100
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The cane farmers at Palmers Island will be wondering whether it is worth it,
as a lot of the crop was flattened just 12 months ago in the Grafton storm.

Michael


>This morning, the people of the Maclean, Palmerston & Yamaba areas awoke to
>devastation. Suger cane growers were especially hardest hit with '00's
>acres of sugar cane ready to be harvested flattened. What caused this? I
>believe it was a Severe Supercell. And let me tell you the story of that
>storm.........................

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:24:54 +1100
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From: Ben Munro [benjamin at biosys.net]
Subject: Re: aussie-weather: Severe Storm in Maclean / Yamba /
  Palmerston Areas Yesterday.
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I saw some video footage on the channel seven news on saturday that was
taken out someone's window. It showed winds blowing horizontally across the
street. It looked like footage from a cyclone. Visibility was very low, you
couldn't see much further than the other side of the street.

Ben Munro

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Subject: aussie-weather: Re: Severe Storm in Maclean et al.
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 98 17:26:44 +1000
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>However I rang my mum who has lived in Maclean now for 80 years - her
>response was 'ahh just a little storm - bit of wind thats all.  Seen it
>all many times before - no big deal.  Probably be a few more like it
>before new year.'


Hi Susan

Yoy have to remember that the very damaging part of a severe storm, which 
it seems Paul was lucky or unlucky enough to have been in, is often 
confined to a very narrow track. In these instances damage is usually the 
result of a microburst (as I think was the case with this event) or a 
tornado. So it is not unusual that some people, such as your mum in 
Maclean, may have reported nothing out of the ordinary while others 
nearby copped very extreme winds. I remember driving through the North 
Shore of Sydney following the 1991 supercell (which is by far Australia's 
most damaging) in which wind estimates were 250km/h - the severe damage 
path was also quite narrow.

David

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:33:52 +0000
From: Greg CURTIS [curtisg at ecn.net.au]
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Would anyone know the approximate scale of the energex lightning
tracking map.

I would like to make an overlay of the display onto a map showing some
greater detail - roads mountains etc.

I realise that there may be problems with what settings are already on
my computer regarding page set up etc.

Any suggestions gratefully accepted.

Greg Curtis
Brisbane