Severe storm damage in the Sutton Road State forest

[Gavin O'Brien]

Hi Don ,Blair and everyone.  

A friend who lives out on the Sutton Road just north of the ACT/ NSW border photographed storm damage to the State Forest.  Looks like a down burst. The damage extends from the road east into the forest from about a kilometre. There are a number of photos which I will send on.

Gavin. 

[Gavin O'Brien]

Hi Don,

The event was about six weeks ago during an outbreak of severe storms around the ACT. I think from my records the 26th December?

My daughter is much more tech savvy than I am .She  has loaded up all the photos that my friend sent me . They are all attached .He thought it was a tornado. However the damage  seems much more likely to have been a strong downburst as there is no evidence of horizontal rotation in the damaged trees.. The winds must have exceeded 100 km/hr to cause such damage. The State Forest , part of a pine plantation, would be about 10 - 15 years old .The trees are quite mature, about 10 to 15 meters tall.

Cheers

Gavin .   

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022, 4:01 pm Gavin O'Brien, <southsi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Don

I will check and advise.

Gavin 

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022, 3:58 pm Don White, <donw...@weatherwatch.net.au> wrote:

When Gavin ?

Don