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Heavy rain causes flash flooding
Thursday, 28 February 2002
Onshore
winds with moisture in feed from the north has been responsible for a
heavy downpour that caused flash flooding. A very heavy fall in the
early hours of this morning has ended February 2002 as the wettest
February for at least ten years in some places. In only about 2 hours,
up to 100mm of rain fell on some coastal districts. This caused flash
flooding in some suburbs of Newcastle and in Port Stephens.
Nelson
Bay recorded 137mm for the 24 hours ending 9am. This total was the
heaviest fall for New South Wales over the 24 hour period. Most of this
rain would have fallen after midnight. The heaviest falls were only
coastal and some were very localised. Williamtown recorded 56.6mm while
Maitland recorded 4.5mm. Nobbys recorded 45.0mm while Newcastle
University, which is approximately 10 kilometres away, only recorded
8.6mm.
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