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'Most violent storm in 100 years' - Herald Sun.

'A one-in-50-year to 100-year event' - The Age.

'The storms, which began around midnight, centred on the western, northern and inner eastern suburbs, with more than 100 millimetres of rain recorded in two hours in some areas'.

312_01A 312_01B 312_01CCr 312_02
312_05Cr 312_08A 312_08B 312_08C
312_08D 312_09 312_09_Cr1 312_09_Cr2
312_12 312_14 312_16


Links to other sites with reports of this event - Melbourne, 2nd / 3rd December, 2003.

Melbourne Storm Chasers, ASW - http://www.stormchasers.au.com/03_12_03.htm

David C. Simpson, Stormplanet - http://www.stormplanet.com/chase021203.htm

Herald Sun - 'Most violent storm in 100 years' - http://www.stormchasers.au.com/hsun.htm

NASA, 'Severe Thunderstorms Across Southeastern Australia' - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/


1 AM, 03/12/2003 AEDT Radar Image - Courtesy of Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology.