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All warnings have now been lifted as of 7:30pm.
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Dannielle on 27/01/2010 9:19am
on weatherwatch.co.nz they have updated at 10pm that Hamilton got the extrememe warning for thunderstorms and then now they are moving up to Ngaruawahia, and Huntly … Mercer and pokeno … towards Auckland …
However the doubt there will be enough power to get to The city of sails
In Papakura there is alot of activity looking south towards to Bombay hills …
Today at 4.30pm we have a bolt of lightning hit one of the transformers down our road, and power was out for a good 21/2 hours!
Hopefully, we get more 🙂
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hamo on 27/01/2010 6:05am
We have a fast moving thunderstorm rolling past us at present again in Rukuhia 7.00pm no rain yet, but lots of thunder
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Ryan on 27/01/2010 5:22am
The sky is very dark to the south of Rotorua and I can hear frequent claps of thunder; and its just starting to rain here now. Looks like the edge of the storm may scrape the city but the worst is heading towards Murupara/Galatea way by the looks of it.
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Ryan on 27/01/2010 5:57am
Woah looked like it was going to miss us but all of a sudden the blue sky is gone and there are very frequent thunder claps from Springfield. Rain starting to come down too.
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