A wild storm, complete with thunder and lightning, that rumbled across Tasmania overnight has been called the ‘best in ages’ by weather enthusiasts.
Much of the state experienced dozens of ‘huge booms’ and ‘bright flashes’ during the Saturday night severe weather event, with three larger ‘house-shaking bangs’ reported around 11:53pm.
Shortly after, Firefighters were called to a blaze on the roof of the Zero Davey building that went up in flames around midnight.
Warnings for the severe thunderstorm were officially issued for the north of the state by the Bureau of Meteorology early in the evening, with a warning for the south following shortly after.
“Severe thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near Hobart, Glenorchy, Bellerive, Richmond and Cambridge,” the BOM said around 10:30pm.
“They are forecast to affect Kingston, Kettering, Cygnet, Huonville and Sorell by 12:10 am and Adventure Bay and Frederick Henry Bay by 12:40am [as well as] Frederick Henry Bay, Norfolk Bay and Dodges Ferry by 1:05am and Adventure Bay by 1:35am.”
The BOM recorded 25.8mm at Mt Morriston in the 1 hour to 11:45pm overnight and 27.6mm at Strathgordon in the 2 hours to 10pm.
20.0mm was recorded in Hobart in the 1 hour to 12:15am.
The State Emergency Service (SES) sent crews to around 20 requests for assistance overnight, mainly in the south-east of the state, for leaks and minor flooding.
