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me if you have any stories to add to these reports or anything you'd
like to say!
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A rare winter storm
chase! Gave some nice funnels on the gust front as it passed through
the bayside suburbs of Brisbane.
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July 10, 2000
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My first ever snow
chase! A bit of a novelty really since it never snows in Brisbane.
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July 28, 2000
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A tornadic squall
line came through in the morning. During this, I inadvertedly drove
through a rain wrapped tornado on video!
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October 14, 2000
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A great midnight chase
on the Gold Coast gave torrential rain, strong winds and some awesome flangs!
Followed by a beautiful sunset Cb the following day.
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October 16-17, 2000
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Two wall clouds and
a funnel - a satisfying end after having some minor car troubles while
watching a wall cloud pass by while I was at the service station!
Very interesting lowerings also, but impossible to tell their origin.
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October 25, 2000
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I videoed a tornado
(non-supercellular) in the afternoon - everything collapsed after that,
however a spectacular lightning show and gust front followed for many hours
later that night!
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October 26 - 27, 2000
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I chased a fantastic
HP supercell from Boonah to Ipswich, and also got some footage of a supercell
about 80km west that lasted for eight hours!
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November 3, 2000
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Very impressive supercell
split near Crows Nest - it produced a wall cloud and possible funnel, not
to mention corkscrew updrafts and a fantastic meso! Ending with another
storm, that produced 3.5cm hail.
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November 4, 2000
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Beautiful twisting
updraft, and a wallcloud from another storm - very nice!
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November 5, 2000
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The day started off
cloudy, but soon cleared and gave a day of rather spectacular gustfronts
and awesome updrafs!
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November 6, 2000
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This chase resulted
in more than I barained for! A friend of mine was up from Victoria,
we chased what we thought would be an average thunderstorm, instead it
produced brilliant CG bolts and we got slammed by 100km/h winds and 3cm
hail!
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December 12, 2000
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Santa finally received
my letter for storms! We had three days of storms, a friend of mine
and I were able to chase on Boxing Day.
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December 25 - 27,
2000
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This was a good day,
I met up with a friend and we chased a thunderstorm complex interstate,
and then watched it go further north, after finding 6 inch hail drifts
and trees/sheds down!
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January 8, 2001
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Perhaps the best day
of the season! This phenomenal event gave several supercells, I sighted
one tornado near Rathdowney, and an fantasmagorical lightning show that
lasted all night, with cricket ball hail falling at 4am in the morning,
and severe hailstorms coming through at 7am!
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January 17 - 18, 2001
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An informal technical
report and review of the above event, outlining some of the main features
that created this event!
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January 17 - 20, 2001
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An inland heat trough
gave an afternoon of storms - nbthing spectacular except for strong rotation
near Boonah - possibly from being directly under a funnel!
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January 27, 2001
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Today was better than
the previous, some slow moving severe thunderstorms gave some flash flooding
(which I found out about the hard way), and a nice little guster in the
Brisbane Valley.
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January 28, 2001
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Phenomenal flooding
from torrential rain, up to 300mm (12 inches) in 2-3 hours!!! I got
caught up in the 'mess' coming back from uni.
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March 9, 2001
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Absolutely spectacular
gustfront! I couldn't believe my eyes, also complimented with a nice
lightning show afterwards!
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March 12, 2001
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Some nice thunderstorms
developed and moved over the Redcliffe area. Several storms actually
moved over Redcliffe, one producing a nice wall cloud, and some very nice
twisting updrafts!
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March 18, 2001
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Very nice wall cloud
and a small mid-level funnel from this chase in the Downs! Afterwards
I got slammed by a strong microburst, before staying the night in the Downs
and chasing the next day, but storms formed too early - so they just pulsed.
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April 26 - 27, 2001
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An upper level low
with some surface moisture gave a day of storms on the ranges. Including
one hailstorm that gave a funnel cloud, and some brilliant rainbows.
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May 6, 2001
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A trough gave some
unseasonal thunderstorms! With yet another funnel, trees down and
one foot haildrifts!
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May 17, 2001
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