INSANE Lightning storm over Melbourne, Australia

I live about an hours drive south east of the city on top of a hill. Moments ago a massive thunderstorm passed over. There was a lot of lightning, lots of pretty big hail-stones, the sky went a lot darker as if it were an hour later. After the storm passed over I looked at the trailing edge of the storm. OH MY GOD. There was probably at least ten flashes of lightning coming from that storm every second. The sound was INCREDIBLE. It is like a continuous roar of thunder. Like a fighter jet engine. And it lasted 15 minutes.

Almost as impressive as a space shuttle launch to be honest.

Since my computer was unplugged and my laptop doesn't have a microphone, unfortunately I wasn't able to film it. I'll try to find some videos on youtube or whatever.

Anyone else caught up in this? Any similar experiences?

Originally posted by C0bzz
I live about an hours drive south east of the city on top of a hill. Moments ago a massive thunderstorm passed over.

Just hitting my area now.
Although I might be lucky and miss the worst.

Radar here

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We have had a few lighting storms in the last couple of days here in Sydney! But not as big as that! Damn i wish i could have seen it!

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Heavy system passing South/East there at the end of the chart kind of colours.

Very cool I love big storms, so long as every one is safe.

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More to come, Never seen anything like this before,
Live on top of a hill, Stood under verander and watched, Just love electrical storms.

Originally posted by Robbo2006
Just love electrical storms.

As do I.
Here's a photo of a storm from the 1990's, taken from the rooftop carpark at the shopping center in Doncaster at about 4am one stormy morning....



But with the drought in recent years, big electrical storms at night are very rare.
Its definetely a climate change I've noticed.

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Hey, I live on a hill too. I wonder if we live close to each other. Wouldn't happen to be Mount Eliza would it?

Wow...That is some heavy stuff...Stay safe, and dry out there in the OZ, keep us updated. I am going to look on RSOE and see if I see anything out of the ordinary...

must be the global warming, F**k the carbon tax

So jealous! We in QLD are supposed to have the evening storms! It's clear here, nothing better than a storm rolling in after a hot muggy day! Best part of summer in Australia

Originally posted by C0bzz
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Hey, I live on a hill too. I wonder if we live close to each other. Wouldn't happen to be Mount Eliza would it?

I live at Langwarrin.
You got the storm before here, It picked up moisture from Port Philip.

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Yah have had some realy big storms than this before, But not sounding like this,
Like COBzz said it was like a fighter jet engine, And that was before it became windy or
started raining.

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And did ya see the size of that hail??

I left my Jag out in the drive..
Not looking forward to seeing it tomorrow.

Thanks for the warning mate. Huge storm heading my way (200 kms East of Melbourne). Hopefully it will go round us but looks like we are going to get the edge.

First image just coming in. First storm went round us but expect the second in about an hour:



2nd Image just hit the Bay:

As compared to a 20 cent piece - about 1 and a quarter inches:

My wife just spoke to her friend in Hastings and they have got flooding there.

Hope the damage is minimal for all you over there.

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wow
stay safe

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I'm in the U.S. (Louisiana) and we had some big ones last night too. So much lightning it looked like a strobe light was on! I love thunderstorms though!

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OMG I like thunderstorms, but THAT would scare me to death....is everything ok there afterwards?