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Early storms on the ranges looking W from near Gatton. The one on the left (south) is near Pittsworth, the one on the right is just NE of Toowoomba.

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I headed N from Gatton to Esk and stopped about 5km S of Esk. This storm had very nice structure about 15 mins before this photo - looked supercellular.

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As the cell moved closer, it weakened substantially but was throwing out plenty of CG's from high up in the storm which pulsed many times including this one.

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I moved N of Esk as I could see new development to the N of there. Some very large, menacing bases and copious pulsing CGs indicated that this was going to be a nasty storm. This is from just N of Toogoolwah looking ESE towards Somerset Dam.

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Looking SE towards Somerset Dam from just N of Toogoolwah.

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I was trying to catch one of the many CG's that were pulsing out in front of this storm. Failed but still an ok photo.

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With the shear as it was, storms were moving ENE rapidly. I had to race N and then E to Kilcoy but didn't make it. The storm caught me and blasted Kilcoy with 80-90km/h winds. I continued E and got ahead of the storm just N of Woodford. It was still p

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To put the previous photo into perspective, those hills are about 3km away. I let the storm go over me at this location. I encountered winds of 90-100km/h with the first tree on the right of the frame losing a large limb in the process. After the storm

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Coming back into Kilcoy, I encountered lots of running gutters, streams, etc following the torrential rain. This floodway was on the eastern side of Kilcoy.