While tornadoes and rain lashed Sydney, the Illawarra escaped the worst of Wednesday’s storms.
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Two storm cells travelled up the coast on Wednesday morning, the first reaching Wollongong at 9am and the second around 12.30pm.
Both storm cells skirted the Illawarra with the worst of the second cell passing over the waters off Wollongong.
While Kurnell in the Sutherland Shire was hit with winds as high as 213 km/h, the highest wind in the Illawarra was 91km/h at Bellambi at 9.14am.
Southern Sydney also saw hail as big as baseballs in some places, while strong winds blew over trucks and damaged roofs.
The heaviest rainfall in the Illawarra was recorded at Kiama, with 55 millimetres between 9am and 2pm.
The township also saw wind gusts reaching 83km/h.
Further south in the Shoalhaven, southern Nowra recorded 80 millimetres of rain in the hour to 10.10am while Vincentia saw 68 millimetres from the same time.
