Mother Nature Loses It At NSW Overnight: Unleashes Tornado, Shitload Of Hail

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August 24, 2015

WTF?

Mother Nature well and truly lost her shiz over New South Wales last night, unleashing massive hailstones, gail-force winds, heavy rainfall and flash flooding across parts of the state.

Dubbo was undoubtedly hardest hit, with a MINI TORNADO causing damage to some homes and properties when it ripped through at around 5pm.

Dubbo station officer for Fire and Rescue NSW, Mick Medlin, told ABC News he saw the tornado develop:

“It looked very ominous, and I pulled over. I had the kids in the car so I stayed at quite a safe distance.

“What we saw develop was basically a mini tornado and we saw large sheets of iron and building material and branches of trees and get sucked back into the air up into the storm cell.”

He caught the tornado’s touchdown on his smartphone:

Social media was inundated with footage of flooding around the Illawarra region and Sydney's CBD.

.@sunriseon7 @7NewsSydney caught in Sydney flooding - McLachlan Ave, East Sydney under water #sydneyweather #weather pic.twitter.com/8KMmKLhkPD

— Clem Hall (@channelclem) August 24, 2015

There was also hail the size of 20 cent pieces raining down on roofs for much of the night.

Sydney #hailstorm right now #hail #hailstones @cityofsydney @sydney_sider pic.twitter.com/6JIvjP02SZ

— Migration Alliance (@lianaallan) August 24, 2015