The Bureau of Meteorology constantly monitors all of its radars to detect thunderstorms. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings will be issued if the storms are expected to produce any of the following:

Damaging wind gusts (90 km/h or more)

Large hail (2cm diameter or more)

Very heavy rainfall (conducive to flash flooding)

Tornadoes

Note: All thunderstorms generally produce lightning, and many produce gusty winds, brief heavy showers and hail.

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We invite your feedback about the Thunderstorm Tracker as it is a pilot product. We use information we receive to help guide revision and development of the product.

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