Kellick Creek Flash Flood 10th Feb 2007

Flash Flood in Kellick Creek at Ringwood Road Crossing 10 miles south west of Merriwa, Upper Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=...

Kellick Creek is just outside the town of Merriwa in the Hunter Valley Region of New South Wales, Australia. This type of flood is an extremely rare event and was a result of approximately 125mm of rain in 30 minutes which fell about 5km upstream. The country had been in the midst of a major drought and groundcover was somewhat sparse.

The people filming were at the location somewhat by chance as they went for a drive to look at the effects of the rain immediatley after the storm. They had just turned to go home when they saw the water coming down the creek.

My grandfather, who is the older gentleman in the video could not recall seeing anything quite like it.

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[prisscoble]

The dude with the epic beard summoned this flood with his manly facial hair.

No more commentary is needed.

[928baller]

OKAY!!! Who left the water hose on?!

[DerangedDragon99]

It wasn't the dude with the beard. It was the older gent, who called for the low water bridge to get dirty.

[Steve Hampton]

We will suffer through the these hundred year rain storms about every ten years, LOL. The last epic storm created an optical illusion of an uneven "sea", because water was rushing over a field that was on the side of a big hill

[Steve Hampton]

. From there into an arroyo, a dry creek bed. The rain was falling about ten, fifteen miles away. The floods head water was at least twenty five/thirty feet tall.  Thankfully I noticed the water first, we would have been swept away for sure! One thing to keep watch of while being in the dessert in the springtime!!

[billybob joe]

what this was in February?!?

[rollingklouds]

Mini tsunami

[iiRonics]

lol...

[TheValkyrie1968]

Whitest legs on planet earth.

[slipknotx141]

we really need a "Road prone to flash flood" sign

[PonyBesties13]

Wow glad u didn't drive through! God bless you I subbed

[سعيد الرابع عشر]

Trees !