Dodged the worst of it: Just 1.8mm of rain as wild storms lash other parts of NSW

Huge thunderstorms rolled thick and fast across NSW on Saturday afternoon, sparking severe weather warnings for most of the state.

Heavy hail, lightning, thunderstorms, and rainfall of between 5 and 30 millimetres spattered across many regions, but not, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, at Orange.

According to the BoM’s rainfall figures, the city received only 1.8 milimetres of rain in the 24 hours up to 9am on Sunday.

But given that data is gathered at Orange Regional Airport –  more than 10 kilometres from the city’s CBD – it’s more than possible that residents in town received more than that in their own gauges.

Elsewhere in the Central West, Dubbo recorded a far more generous 6.6 millimetres in the same period.

According to BoM forecaster Jake Phillips, the states far west felt the brunt of the thunder and lightning earlier on Saturday afternoon.

“There [were] very widespread storms across most of the state as this low pressure system moved through,” Mr Phillips said.

Mr Phillips said people had been advised to take precautions when travelling in areas with potential floodwaters, and to keep their vehicles undercover.

According to www.weatherzone.com.au’s seven-day forecast the chance of further rain in the coming days is slim.

The next downpours in the forecast are at the back end of the week, when there’s an 80- per cent chance of between five and 10 millimetres on both Friday and Saturday.

Top temperatures of up to 24 degrees are also predicted in the coming week.