It was Gisborne’s turn to be battered by thunderstorms Tuesday evening, following wild weather – including a tornado – across the lower North Island.<\/p>\n
MetService had earlier issued a thunderstorm warning for the East Coast and parts of Hawke’s Bay as Wellington cleaned up after a damaging storm earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
The storm moved northeast, MetService warning of heavy rain, large hail, damaging wind gusts and frequent lightning.<\/p>\n
“The thunderstorm has just hit Gisborne. Pretty spectacular,” Uawa Civil Defence – Tolaga Bay East Coast wrote on its Facebook page around 8pm.<\/p>\n
MetService said at 9pm the storm was “weakening and moving offshore”.<\/p>\n
The forecaster lifted the severe thunderstorm warning for the Gisborne \/ Hawke’s Bay region.<\/p>\n
“There may still be a few thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail about southern parts of Gisborne\/Tai Rawhiti until about 10pm this evening (Tuesday), but no further severe thunderstorms are expected.”<\/p>\n
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