Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Brett Gage told ABC Radio Adelaide that it had "been a madhouse today".
"Probably the most widespread damage in the metropolitan area has occurred in the last hour," he said. "In Adelaide we had a westerly change right about 6pm on the coast. There were strong westerly winds and then about an hour later they increased to gale force." Mr Gage said a low pressure system had resulted in "pretty much horizontal rain" in Adelaide's CBD, forcing the brief evacuation of the BOM's main SA office on King William Street.
"I had to evacuate the building here for 10 minutes because the rain got into some system up on top of the building," he said."Luckily the [Metropolitan Fire Service] were very prompt."Lightning at Modbury in Adelaide's north-eastern suburbs during a thunderstorm.State Emergency Service state duty officer Brenton Clark said there had been more than 1,000 requests for assistance today.
Standard summer afternoon in Brisbane (minus mass power outage unlike SA)
It was crazy
Is it just me or is this storm season more skitz than usual?
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