Historic Rainfall in Australia - 28.1 inches of rain in one

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Historic Rainfall in Australia - 28.1 inches of rain in one day
24 Aug 07 - A freakishly strong storm inundated southeastern parts of
Australia's state of Queensland with staggering, record-breaking amounts
of rain this week.
The cloudbursts unloaded 1-3 feet of rain north of Brisbane on the
Sunshine Coast and areas immediately inland.

Rainbow Beach got 33.8 inches of rain from 9 a.m. Wednesday morning
to 3 p.m. Friday afternoon; 28.1 inches fell from 9 a.m. Thursday to 9 a.m.
Friday (just one day).

During the same 24-hour period, Coops Corner was flooded by 27.8 inches
of rain, while Mount Bilewilam received 27.1 inches. Other rainy standouts
included Tewantin with 20.9 inches of rain and Toolara with 15.6 inches of
rain; both tallied from Wednesday morning to Friday night.

The last comparable cyclone occurred in the 1880s.

Story by AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Donn Washburn
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[Ptarmigan]

WOW! That's a lot of rain! I've seen that in Allison in 2001.

[tropicana]

holy guacamole! thats a lot of rain!

-justin-