{"id":914447,"date":"2026-10-03T08:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/914447\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T08:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:32:12","slug":"weather-news-tornado-hits-town-south-of-sydney-ahead-of-damp-long-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/914447\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather news: Tornado hits town south of Sydney ahead of damp long weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mini tornado has struck a town on the NSW<\/a> South Coast, as much of the state\u2019s eastern and southern regions brace for rain, wind and storms for the October break.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Meteorology said the rare weather phenomenon was seen in Ulladulla about 1pm.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A rare tornado was seen in Ulladulla, NSW as wild weather hit.\u00a0Wishaya La Spina<\/p>\n

\"Rain<\/p>\n

Rain is heading for much of Sydney.\u00a0Damien McCartney<\/p>\n

The bureau warned of severe thunderstorms, hail and damaging wind from the Illawarra and South East Coast, extending into the ranges and Tablelands including Sydney.<\/p>\n

Footage shows what appears to be a tornado passing through a built-up area.<\/p>\n

Multiple warnings were issued for rain and thunderstorm<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

By 4pm,the NSW SES received more than 81 calls for help including trees and powerlines down. <\/p>\n

Conditions are expected to clear in time for Sunday evening\u2019s NRL Grand Final<\/a> kickoff at Sydney Olympic Park at 7.30pm, with maximum temperatures hovering around 23 to 24 degrees.<\/p>\n

Canberra<\/a> faces a similarly wet weekend, with lingering showers and a potential Saturday storm before clearing for a cool, foggy holiday Monday with tops of 21 degrees.<\/p>\n

\"Predicted<\/p>\n

Predicted rainfall accumulation across Australia from this Friday through to 11am (AEDT) on Monday.\u00a0Weatherzone<\/p>\n

Melbourne<\/a> will gradually ease into clearer weather after a soggy end to the week, though a threat of thunderstorms remains on Saturday with a top of 19 degrees before dropping to a cool 16 degrees on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Hobart will stay fairly typical for early October, keeping near its seasonal average with a dry 17 degrees on Saturday and a top of 16 degrees with late showers on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The nation is in for a mixed bag of weather ahead of the long weekend.\u00a0Weatherzone<\/p>\n

On the contrary, northern capitals are set to enjoy the best of the weather, with Brisbane staying mostly dry under sunny skies and highs reaching 27 degrees.<\/p>\n

Darwin<\/a> will see mostly dry conditions with maximums hitting 34 degrees on Saturday and 33 degrees on Sunday ahead of a slight chance of a late evening shower.<\/p>\n

In Adelaide<\/a>, mostly sunny skies will extend into holiday Monday with highs around 19 degrees to 20 degrees.<\/p>\n

Perth<\/a> will peak near its October average with 24 degrees on Saturday before a passing southern cold front brings southwesterly winds and drops Sunday\u2019s high to a cooler 21 degrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mini tornado has struck a town on the NSW South Coast, as much of the state\u2019s eastern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-914447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}