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New South Wales Regional Office - AU-NSW, AU, Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

Central West Slopes & Plains

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VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS are likely to produce heavy, locally intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding, damaging wind gusts and large hailstones over the next several hours in parts of the Metropolitan, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Hunter, Illawarra and South West Slopes districts. Locations which may be affected include Katoomba, Yass, Penrith, Lithgow, Jenolan Caves and Springwood. Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, and possible damaging wind gusts and large hailstones over the next several hours in the Central Tablelands and parts of the Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes and Riverina districts. Locations which may be affected include Goulburn, Dubbo, Mudgee, Katoomba, Yass and Parkes. Severe thunderstorms are no longer occurring in the Lower Western district and the warning for this district is CANCELLED. 5 CM HAIL WAS RECORDED AT PENRITH AT 4:00 PM. 91 km/h was recorded at Western Sydney Airport at 3:42 pm. 32.5 MM WAS RECORDED AT GOULBURN IN THE 30 MINUTES TO 2:57 PM.