Hail, flash flooding and heavy rain are expected in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, just as commuters head home for the weekend.
The Bureau of Meteorology warned severe thunderstorms would bring dangerous weather across swathes of the city for several hours from 2pm on Friday.
“These thunderstorms … are forecast to affect [suburban] Laverton, Scoresby and Werribee by 3.10pm and Melton, St Kilda and Williamstown by 3.40pm,” the bureau said.
“Heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely.”
The weather bureau said Sheoaks, 100 kilometres west of Melbourne, had already recorded 54 millimetres of rain in 50 minutes on Friday.
The threat to Melbourne was accompanied by a more general severe thunderstorm warning for other parts of Victoria, including the Mallee, west and South Gippsland, Wimmera, and areas in the state’s south-west, north central and parts of East Gippsland, the northern country and north-east districts.
There was also a warning for NSW residents, with slow-moving storms expected to bring heavy rain and hail to inland and southern areas.
#Storms have developed in parts of southern New South Wales. Slow moving storms may generate heavy rainfall. Across the southern inland hail is also a risk. Check the latest warning at https://t.co/GrhEIEmePL pic.twitter.com/kXjpfXS99q
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) February 14, 2020
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