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May 17th, 2013 
Images taken from PerthWeatherLive.com of tornadoes hitting the land and sea in WA’s South-West.
Source: PerthNow
SPECTACULAR pictures of tornadoes and water spouts have emerged as storms close in on WA’s South-West today.
PerthWeatherLive.com, a website that collates contributed images and videos of weather events around WA, has posted pictures of tornadoes near Yallingup, about 266km south of Perth.
Isolated thunderstorms were forecast along the southwest capes yesterday morning.
See more pictures at PerthWeatherLive.com
The storms brought heavy falls to some parts of the South West and further inland. A thunderstorm yesterday afternoon dumped 65mm on Munglinup, 615km south-east of Perth.
In the South West, Worsley Downs had 59mm, Bunbury 50mm, Busselton 49mm, Collie 42mm and Witchcliffe 47mm. Most centres received between 20mm and 50mm.
In the city, Perth recorded 9mm, Rottnest had 18mm, Jandakot 8mm, Mandurah 11mm and Dwellingup, 97km south of Perth, had 33mm.
Some rain got through to the Great Southern, with Kojonup 15mm, Darkan 14mm, Katanning 10mm and Lake Grace 5mm.
In the Central Wheatbelt falls were sporadic, with Badingarra, 209km north-east of Perth, getting 11mm and Eneabba 17mm, but elsewhere farmers largely missed out .
BOM communications manager Neil Bennett said water spouts could be quite common along the WA coast when winds moving in different directions and speeds pick up water droplets from the ocean
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He said while the winds that create the spouts were not particularly strong, they could reach 60kph to 70kph.
Images taken from PerthWeatherLive.com of tornadoes hitting the land and sea in WA’s South-West.
Source: PerthNow
Forecast for Perth
Friday 17 May – Min 13, Max 21.
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending westerly in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon.
Saturday 18 May – Min 10, Max 21.
Cloudy. The chance of showers until late afternoon. Light winds.
Sunday 19 May – Min 10, Max 21.
Mostly sunny. Isolated showers from midday. Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 25 km/h during the evening.
Monday 20 May – Min 10, Max 19.
Partly cloudy. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h turning southerly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning.
Tuesday 21 May – Min 7, Max 19.
Sunny. Light winds.
Wednesday 22 May – Min 8, Max 21.
Mostly sunny. Light winds.
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