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Jen on 28/01/2010 7:55am
how accurate is it at this moment? Has it gone down? The reason I ask is because it’s only showing 409 strikes and hardly any are around Taupo. Yet there is a severe thunder storm warning in place.
WW Forecast Team on 28/01/2010 8:05am
Warning is actually for well north west of Taupo and the storms are moving AWAY from the town. The detector isn’t bang on accurate but gives a fairly good "rough" estimate of where the strikes are coming from.
Jen on 28/01/2010 8:12am
Just wondered