Winds topping 100km/h buffet NSW coast as severe storm hits Sydney

Components of the New South Wales coast have been buffeted by 100km/h winds as a storm entrance blew by Sydney.
Residents had been warned to brace for extreme thunderstorms on Tuesday night time, as damaging winds struck.

Lightning cracked above the Sydney CBD on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, as extreme thunderstorms introduced damaging winds to the town.(9News)

Extreme thunderstorms introduced damaging winds to Sydney.(Bureau of Meteorology)

Goulburn and Jervis Bay recorded wind gusts above 100km/h and Nowra and Port Kembla copped bursts above 90km/h. as a wider storm entrance headed quickly east.
It was affecting the coast from Gosford south to Ulladulla.
Bureau climate watchers picked up extreme storms on the radar close to Hornsby, Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park and Ryde about 9.40pm.
They hit the town, airport, Harbour Bridge, Gosford, Mona Vale and waters off Bondi Seaside by 10.10pm
April 19
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As forecast, the storms handed rapidly out to sea and the extreme climate warning was cancelled simply earlier than 10.30pm.
The Bureau of Meteorology mentioned a powerful higher stage trough was enhancing the storms as they rolled east.

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