Readers shared their photos of the storm which wreaked havoc north of Grafton
Powerful storm cell which swept through the Clarence Valley caused significant property and infrastructure damage.
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Localised strong winds caused significant damage to property and infrastructure in a band stretching to areas north and west of Grafton on Tuesday evening.
The storm cell swept through the Clarence Valley from approximately 5pm, and resulted in multiple trees falling across the Summerland Way, an incident involving the XPT hitting fallen trees on the railway line between Grafton and Casino and occupants of a vehicle trapped and injured by a fallen tree on Pringles Way near Lawrence.
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STORM SHOCKER: XPT damaged as cell sweeps over valley
While there were reports and photos of multiple fallen trees at places such as Waterview Heights, The Pinnacles and Warragai Creek, the Grafton weather station at nearby Trenayr recorded maximum wind gusts of just 50km/h between 5.12pm and 5.19pm, just prior to 11.2mm of rain falling within the hour. The temperature dropped more than 10 degrees in an hour, from 32.6C to 21.4C.
Meanwhile, another storm cell from the same weather system reportedly dumped large hail on areas southeast of Grafton including Pillar Valley.
Our readers shared their photos of the aftermath on The Daily Examiner Facebook page. Here is a selection below:
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