Severe weather warning and as storm front sweeps South Australia

A new severe weather warning has been issued for Adelaide, the Mount Lofty Ranges and other parts of SA as thousands of homes remain without power after a new round of wild weather.

A new severe weather warning has been issued for damaging winds of up to 100km/h across large swathes of the state, as about 7000 residents remain without power on Sunday morning.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a fresh warning at 5.38am for winds of 50-60km/h, with damaging gusts up to 100km/h across most of the state.

The warning area affects people in Adelaide Metropolitan, Mount Lofty Ranges, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Eastern Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Mid North, Kangaroo Island, Murraylands, Upper South East, Lower South East and parts of West Coast, Flinders, Riverland and North East Pastoral districts.

People in Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Mount Gambier, Kingscote and Naracoorte are especially affected.

Adelaide is expected to reach a top of 18C on Sunday with a 90 per cent chance of showers and up to 15mm of rain expected to fall.

On Saturday, a wind gust of 95km/h was recorded at Edinburgh on Saturday, while Kadina recorded a wind gust of 100km/h at 4.18pm.

At the height of the storm on Saturday there were 42 power outages – predominantly in the northeastern suburbs and Riverland – affecting 9459 customers across the state, according to SA Power Networks. By 8.40am Sunday morning there were 45 outages affecting more than 7000 customers.

On Saturday, thousands of party-goers braved the conditions to attend Adelaide’s two-day Harvest Rock Festival.

Bureau meteorologist Jenny Horvat said on Saturday that the winds were expected to gradually moderate throughout the evening, but restrengthen Sunday morning including in the Mount Lofty ranges.

“There’s a broad westerly coming through now, after a cold front moved through earlier today,” Ms Horvat said.

Storm damage at Wudinna on the Eyre Peninsula. Picture: Wudinna District Council

Storm damage at Wudinna on the Eyre Peninsula. Picture: Shaine Dupree

“It’s definitely windy conditions, with a slight chance of a gusty thunderstorm, but most of the activity is going north or south of the city.”

Strong winds are expected in the southern parts of the state on Sunday afternoon, with showers and thunderstorms also possible.

It comes just a week after last Saturday’s storm caused widespread blackouts and damage, with wind gusts of 109km/h recorded at Adelaide Airport.

Ms Horvat said while this evening’s winds might not be as strong as last weekend, people need to take care.

“They might not be as gusty as last weekend, but there is a lot of stress on trees and structures from last week,” she said.

“So even thought we might not see the severity of last weekend, an impact is not out of the question.”

There were 261 incidents reported to the SES on Saturday, mainly for trees down across roads, with crews still in attendance at 41 sites.

There is a flood watch and act warning for the Lower and Upper River Murray.

On Friday, a Code Blue was declared to support people sleeping rough.

Human Services Minister Nat Cook said damaging winds and rain would potentially endanger people sleeping outside.