UPDATED
Bathurst is now likely set to be hit by severe thunderstorms this evening, after an updated warning from the Bureau of Meteorology.
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Around 2pm on Tuesday, BoM originally indicated that severe thunderstorms bringing damaging winds and large hailstones on Tuesday, September 26, were likely to hit in Blayney and Oberon, but miss the likes of Bathurst and Orange.
But just before 4pm, that's changed to include the likes of Bathurst.
For the next few hours, severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones in the Central Tablelands.
The State Emergency Service (SES) advises that people should:
- Move your car under cover or away from trees
- Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony
- Keep at least eight metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences
- Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill
- Trees that have been damaged by fire are likely to be more unstable and more likely to fall
- Unplug computers and appliances
- Avoid using the phone during the storm
- Stay indoors away from windows, and keep children and pets indoors as well
- Stay vigilant and monitor conditions
- Note that the landscape may have changed following bushfires
- For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES (NSW and ACT) on 132 500
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