The Pulse, SA’s breaking news blog: Severe weather warning as rain and strong winds lash SA
AFTER a day of wind and rain — and with more coming — Adelaide is the coldest city in Australia.
The severe weather warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for the metropolitan area has been cancelled as the heavy rainband shifts towards the state’s South-East.
Mid North districts through to the Riverland remains on high alert with the potential for damaging winds and heavy rainfall.
At 4.30pm, Adelaide’s temperature was 13.2C, and dropping, the lowest temperature of all Australia’s major cities.
Adelaide’s weather as at 4.30pm.Source:Supplied
An overnight minimum of 11 is expected.
Thursday morning’s deluge kept emergency services busy, with flash flooding inundating houses, shops and roads across Adelaide.
Houses in Glenelg North and Modbury Heights, shops at Modbury North and an office in Hillcrest flooded during the downpour.
Part of a rumpus room roof collapsed at a Rostrevor property at about 10am.
The inclement weather also forced the closure of some southbound lanes on South Rd at Bedford Park.
Between 9am and midday, 5.2mm of rain was recorded at West Terrace and 7.8mm at Kent Town.
The severe weather warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for the metropolitan area has been cancelled as the heavy rainband shifts towards the state’s South-East.
Mid North districts through to the Riverland remains on high alert with the potential for damaging winds and heavy rainfall.
At 4.30pm, Adelaide’s temperature was 13.2C, and dropping, the lowest temperature of all Australia’s major cities.
Adelaide’s weather as at 4.30pm.Source:Supplied
An overnight minimum of 11 is expected.
Thursday morning’s deluge kept emergency services busy, with flash flooding inundating houses, shops and roads across Adelaide.
Houses in Glenelg North and Modbury Heights, shops at Modbury North and an office in Hillcrest flooded during the downpour.
Part of a rumpus room roof collapsed at a Rostrevor property at about 10am.
The inclement weather also forced the closure of some southbound lanes on South Rd at Bedford Park.
Between 9am and midday, 5.2mm of rain was recorded at West Terrace and 7.8mm at Kent Town.
But the greatest rainfall was measured in the higher regions, with 15.6mm recorded at Mount Lofty and 12.4mm at Mount Crawford.
It prompted SA Police to urge motorists to slow down and take extra care when driving in the Adelaide Hills because rain was reducing visibility.
It prompted SA Police to urge motorists to slow down and take extra care when driving in the Adelaide Hills because rain was reducing visibility.
The wet and windy weather comes just days after the Bureau announced SA experienced its hottest April on record.
The state averaged a daily maximum temperature of 23.01C, beating its previous record of 22.99C in 2005.
The state averaged a daily maximum temperature of 23.01C, beating its previous record of 22.99C in 2005.
South Australia also recorded its driest April since 2005, with total rainfall 78 per cent below average.
Meanwhile, Adelaide had its second warmest April in history, with its average maximum daily temperature reaching 26.2C, slightly cooler than in 1923 when the mercury averaged 26.9C.
Read more: Original Article
Meanwhile, Adelaide had its second warmest April in history, with its average maximum daily temperature reaching 26.2C, slightly cooler than in 1923 when the mercury averaged 26.9C.
Read more: Original Article
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