Victoria: Tropical rain event - March 19 to 23 2017

[Macedonian]

Ive just returned home to Macedon after being in Prahran since 11am. No action anywhere that i have been.
Sun is out in Macedon.

[StratoBendigo]

Flash flooding here. Just checked the gauge 25mm in 15 minutes

Which suburb of Bendigo? I'm currently in East Bendigo and less than 10 mm here. I'll have to check the gauge in Kangaroo Flat when I get home!

[Horts]

Dark as the night here at work in Mount Waverley, and down she comes!

Not a breath of wind, extremely heavy rain, almost mesmerizing against the backdrop of still gumtree leaves.

[Rivergirl]

we are getting some rain in Ferny Creek hillybilly but not a lot. Looks like we are on the edge. Can hear the thunder

[Geoff]

Good steady moderate rain here for the last 15 minutes, much more use than tropical downpours.
Showers and bands of rain increasing now from the west and northwest.
Noticed red cells showing up in the radar hole over in the Wimmera, must be big storms there.

[JasmineStorm]

This next line of cells coming from the north west are forming rapidly on the forward side from the parent cells along a 300 km wide gust front, which are tapping into a tropical water canon. If this moves slow, I wouldn’t want to be on the SES switchboard for the afternoon shift

[Jake Smethurst]

Just drove all the way from Bayswater to Parkdale. Was black as dog guts up in Bayswater and just as I got to the Burwood Highway, downpour! Has been raining heavy the entire way, drive was much slower obviously, complete white out at some stages. Managed to see some flangs in the rear view mirror too and one crack of thunder through the car!

Here in Parkdale, raining heavily currently. Plenty of lightning and thunder too, awesome stuff!!!

[Australis(Shell3155)]

Yep, slid by that mountain, ah well it makes up for the good view out the front window..
Stopped now..
yes Geoff, see Horsham has a little but out the road had a big total, and Stawel had a good amount yesterday..

[Skywalker]

Trying very hard not to swear my head off right now. Another cell just developed to the west of us. Everything is bypassing us either to the west or east.

[Hawker]

LOL we just slipped through the gap again.
Maybe something later, but not holding my breath.

[Wilko]

Radar seems to be underestimating
Wouldn't want to be driving into a big red cell with these rainfall rates

[StratoBendigo]

Bendigo AWS scored 26mm in past 30 minutes. Some localized flash flooding.

Monster of a storm west of Birchip according to radar (and that's in the middle of the radar hole!)

[Skywalker]

Radar seems to be underestimating
Wouldn't want to be driving into a big red cell with these rainfall rates

I agree Wilko.
I was outside before and a shower developed over my head here yet there was nothing on the radar.

Starting to cross everything here that I get something, fingers, toes, and I'll even cross the dog's tail later if I have to!

[Supercellimpact]

Flash flooding here. Just checked the gauge 25mm in 15 minutes

Which suburb of Bendigo? I'm currently in East Bendigo and less than 10 mm here. I'll have to check the gauge in Kangaroo Flat when I get home!

North Bendigo, rain was really heavy for about 10-15 minutes.

[stevco123]

Starting to pour here and I'm not even in the main band yet. No wind

[JasmineStorm]

Radar seems to be underestimating
Wouldn't want to be driving into a big red cell with these rainfall rates

I agree Wilko.
I was outside before and a shower developed over my head here yet there was nothing on the radar.

Starting to cross everything here that I get something, fingers, toes, and I'll even cross the dog's tail later if I have to!

Keep an eye on that multi cell cluster coming from Blackwood and Daylesford. I think it has your name on it

[Adam37]

Sky is getting dark towards the north and west, watching that cell over Blackwood area moving towards the Marsh.

[Horts]

Round 1 all over red rover in the East, even some blue sky floating over, bring on Round 2!

Hopefully it can wait until after the commute back down the peninsula, do not feel like being in stuck under one of these cells in peak hour!

[StratoBendigo]

That mothership in the Southern Mallee looks nasty. STW out for that part of Vic too.

[hillybilly]

Scrapped 6mm for today now, so event up to nearly 10mm. That last band dropped a few 20mm+ falls in the middle eastern burbs.

Waiting for the next lot inbound from the north then northwest.