Wind gusts of around 70km/ph were recorded in the Gunnedah shire, with crews attending one job in the town, where two trees had fallen across a driveway in Bloomfield Street. 

Across the Namoi region, trees were uprooted and strewn across roads, along with some roof damage. 

Tamworth, Quirindi and the Liverpool Plains copped the brunt of the storm – in Quirindi there was tin ripped off roofs and a local church was slightly damaged. 

“It was wild and windy with bursts of heavy rain,” Namoi SES Duty Officer Ben Pickup said. 

“It is supposed to be fine from now on. It cleared up pretty quickly but it was raining and windy.”

Essential Energy also responded to interruptions to electricity across the region, with crews working into the night to restore power after the blackout.

The SES was on the job until midnight on Tuesday to repair the storm damage with two outstanding jobs, in Quirindi and Tamworth, carried out on Wednesday. 

Mr Pickup said the wild weather was the worst the shire had experienced during this storm season so far and the most widespread. 

Gunnedah SES volunteers are back to attending regular weekly training to practice their storm safe skills and holding community events to inform people about how to be storm safe.

“We have a solid group at the moment. There’s about 30 members there,” Mr Pickup said. 

“They are being trained on how to use roof safety kits, how to do temporary repairs to damaged roofs, chainsaw training and basic induction courses for new members. 

Road crash training continues during the storm season.

While the number of volunteers remains strong, Mr Pickup said there is always room for more.

“We’re always looking for new volunteers, as some of them may not always be available or can turn up,” he said.