Severe Thunderstorm Warning

astrojax said :

Morgan said :

I appreciate the bureaus efforts, but I don’t believe them anymore.

Whats the bet this one is a fizzer like every other severe weather warning. I get the feeling they are just covering themselves by crying wolf.

Is there a way for us to wink at us and tell us when its a real one, or a just in case one.

if you read the warning, it covers an area the size of england – they are advising folks within that region that they may experience the hazards of which they warn and that if you take some precautionary measures as they suggest then you may minimise the damages you might suffer if the worst of that warning hits you. it may not – other parts of the region may suffer worse than you, but the science is so complicated that exact warnings for suburbs, even city regions, is ridiculously hardand the most convenient methodology for all concerned is the approach they adopt.

so, to your question, no, not really. but you’d do well to heed these warnings…

Couldn’t agree more. The same line of storms is on its way through the southern Highlands at the moment as has caused damage in other areas this afternoon.

Morgan said :

I appreciate the bureaus efforts, but I don’t believe them anymore.

Whats the bet this one is a fizzer like every other severe weather warning. I get the feeling they are just covering themselves by crying wolf.

Is there a way for us to wink at us and tell us when its a real one, or a just in case one.

I’d like the bureau to find a way to wink at us.

Did you notice the word “may” in the warning, Morgan? As in “locations which may be affected”? Not ” every single square metre of the yellow area will have a thunderstorm and be inundated, run for your lives”?.

I think the bureau does a good job, and for your information there was sufficient storm activity to cause power outages in Murrumbateman and Queanbeyan.Where’s that expensive power infrastructure I’m paying for when I need it 🙂

Epic thunderclap in the Woden area just now, rain coming down pretty heavily. Let’s see if we get hail… I reckon it’d melt before it landed given the heat around.

Morgan said :

I appreciate the bureaus efforts, but I don’t believe them anymore.

Whats the bet this one is a fizzer like every other severe weather warning. I get the feeling they are just covering themselves by crying wolf.

Is there a way for us to wink at us and tell us when its a real one, or a just in case one.

if you read the warning, it covers an area the size of england – they are advising folks within that region that they may experience the hazards of which they warn and that if you take some precautionary measures as they suggest then you may minimise the damages you might suffer if the worst of that warning hits you. it may not – other parts of the region may suffer worse than you, but the science is so complicated that exact warnings for suburbs, even city regions, is ridiculously hardand the most convenient methodology for all concerned is the approach they adopt.

so, to your question, no, not really. but you’d do well to heed these warnings…

Just heard a distant rumble. Or maybe it was a bus going past.

Starting to sprinkle over here in the ‘Gung…Very poor effort at being a thunderstorm, but I hope I am proven wrong.

I appreciate the bureaus efforts, but I don’t believe them anymore.

Whats the bet this one is a fizzer like every other severe weather warning. I get the feeling they are just covering themselves by crying wolf.

Is there a way for us to wink at us and tell us when its a real one, or a just in case one.