Severe weather warning for rain, large hail

By Rebekah Holliday

Nov. 5, 2012, 8 p.m.

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  A photo of the lightning show on Sunday night taken from the Hindmarsh Island marina. Photo: Adam Fisher
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  Lightning strike in Adelaide. Photo: Lilkymbk
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Heavy rain with a possibility of flash flooding is being predicted by meteorologists who warn a severe thunderstorm warning remains in place for much of South Australia.
Electricity was cut to the whole of Kangaroo Island on Monday afternoon after a lightning strike on the mainland cut power to the undersea cable.
Emergency generators at Brownlow were activated at 7pm to restore power in the Kingscote area.
"Scattered thunderstorms are occurring with and ahead of a frontal system which is moving across central and eastern parts of SA," read the statement from the Bureau of Meteorology.
"Some of these thunderstorms may be severe during this evening with localised damaging wind gusts and short-lived very heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding.
"There is also a risk of large hailstones with the thunderstorms in the north, north of about Port Augusta."

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Locations which may be affected include Port Augusta, Oodnadatta, Leigh Creek, Jamestown, Renmark and Lameroo, it read.
The thunderstorm warning comes during a busy time for Country Fire Service crews who have been battling a number of blazes sparked by lightning strikes.
There are reports a boy,15, was struck by lightning in Hallett Cove just after 4pm.
A fire at Kellidie Bay, about 50 kilometres west of Port Lincoln, was reported just after 6.30pm.
From 4pm, advice was received that the threat from a fire at Gosse, in Kangaroo Island's west, had significantly reduced.
However, the CFS is warning residents to check their properties for fires and embers, particularly under decks, raised floors and in gutters.
Total fire bans are in place across six regions with affected towns including Cleve, Kimba, Whyalla, Ceduna and the Clare Valley.
More than 52,000 lightning strikes were recorded in the 24 hours to 8am today between Lower Eyre Peninsula and Gawler.
A fire at Darke Peake, in the upper Eyre Peninsula was declared safe shortly before 4.30pm.

It swept through about 300 hectares and damaging a tractor, shed, water tanks and crops, causing almost $140,000 damage.
Residents in Adelaide, Whyalla, Coober Pedy, Roxby Downs, Port Augusta, Maitland and Murray Bridge could be affected by thunderstorms into this evening.
Wind gusts to 87 km/h were recorded at Cleve and Port Lincoln Airport this morning.
And if you were too hot to sleep last night, you probably weren't alone.
"Parts of Adelaide's northern suburbs had their hottest night in 21 years. It was 27 degrees at Elizabeth which is 14 above average," said Mellissa MacKellar from Weatherzone.
Wudinna on the upper Eyre Peninsula had its warmest November night since 2004 with a high of 24 degrees.

The State Emergency Service advises people to:
Secure or put away loose items
Move cars under cover or away from trees

Keep clear of fallen power lines

Don't drive, ride or walk through flood water
Keep clear of creeks and storm drains
Stay indoors, away from windows, while storms are nearby.

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