Terrifying moment violent storm rips through an Outback campsite – blowing people off their feet and shattering car windows
- Hurricane ripped through Adavale, in outback western Queensland
- Footage of the wild storm was captured from inside a vehicle stuck in the chaos
- Car windows were shattered and tents strewn across the isolated campsite
A violent storm has ripped through an outback car rally site – smashing vehicle windows and blowing campers off their feet.
The wild weather hit Adavale in western Queensland, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
Jamie and Michelle Lawson shared footage to the Facebook group Road Boss Rally Friends of the storm smashing their car windows and tearing nearby swags and tents from the ground.
The destruction left behind by a wild hurricane in a outback western Queensland town was captured by campers who copped the brunt of the storm
‘Holy smokes what a wild ride last night – camped up in Adavale and smashed by hurricane,’ the video was captioned.
‘Thankfully no one hurt but car windows smashed, swags and tents gone, people blown over and over across the flat from the wind, cars pushed into camps’.
Surveying the destruction on Wednesday morning, the couple shared photos of the carnage while on the charity car rally they organised.
Every car nearby had windows shattered and vehicles were caked with brown sand and mud, while tents were pictured strewn across the campsite.
All nearby car windows were shattered and tents were left strewn across the dirt campsite, caked in dirt and mud
Luckily, no one was injured during the intense storm.
‘Very VERY lucky no-one got seriously injured – flying debris everywhere,’ they wrote.
‘Everyone happy, safe and eagerly awaiting to see what’s next’.
Local publican Koss Siwers told the Courier Mail the storm was so loud he thought he could hear a freight train.
‘In my ten years here, I’ve never experienced anything like it – we had a whopper,’ Mr Siwers said.
Jenny Back was one of the campers who visited the small town, explaining she had never been so frightened in her life.
‘In my 10 years here, I’ve never experienced anything like it – we had a whopper,’ a local publican said after surveying the carnage
‘It was violent beyond description and my partner and I were holding onto our tent for dear life,’ she said.
The group were the first to be slammed by a huge storm-front bringing rains and hail to the east coast of Queensland on Friday.
The storm is set to be the biggest rain event in September in five years, with up to 50mm predicted to hit Queensland.
According to Weatherzone, there is potential for supercell storms on Friday.
‘The most intense thunderstorms on Friday should occur over southeast Queensland and northeast NSW,’ Weatherzone announced on Thursday.
‘Severe storms are likely and could produce large hail, heavy rain and damaging winds’.
Luckily, no one was injured during the storm, which is moving towards eastern Queensland, with southern areas expected to experiences hailstorms and severe winds on Friday
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