The Illawarra has been put on severe weather watch, with storms likely to bring heavy rain, damaging winds and large - possibly giant - hail on Thursday evening.
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The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the entire Illawarra forecast district and parts of the South Coast.
"Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, large, possibly giant hailstones and damaging winds over the next several hours," the bureau's warning said.
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