Car crushed by tree limb, lightning and 98 km winds in SA
Lightning was captured in Port Augusta last night from Conroy Street. (Supplied: Travis Mullan )
In short:
SA has recorded almost 100 km per hour winds in some areas like Port Augusta since Saturday.
The SES were called to around 60 jobs in a 24 hour period from Saturday to Sunday.
What's next?
Wild weather is expected to settle in the state as the system travels towards the eastern states.
Wild weather has lashed South Australia over the weekend with almost 100 km per hour winds recorded in some areas like Port Augusta, while an Adelaide cafe saw a large tree branch smash the back of a parked car.
State Emergency Service (SES) state duty officer Ian Bonython said crews were called to 60 jobs from 7am Saturday over a 24-hour period.
"The majority of these tasking has been split between the northern Adelaide suburbs and the Port Augusta area," Mr Bonython said.
"With the taskings that came through for Port Augusta, around 20 were within half an hour."
Port Augusta received some wild weather over the weekend, with the SES being called to a lot of jobs involving wind damage and fallen trees. (Supplied: Leanne McGill)
He said the jobs were mainly wind-related, with crews dealing with fallen trees and structural damage to roofs and fences.
In Hyde Park in Adelaide's southern suburbs, restaurant owner Laura Edmunds said a large tree branch came down in their customer parking lot, completely crushing the back of a parked car.
"One of our chefs came running in and said, 'the tree's fallen again'," Ms Edmunds said.
Cafe owner Laura Edmunds said a tree limb crushed two cars parked in a Hyde Park car park. (ABC News)
"There was a little bit of a big crack and then just the noise of the car really... thank God no one was inside.
"[The] owner was pretty upset, she said it was a relatively new car but she was just very lucky, she's got a grandchild baby seat in the car, so she's very happy it didn't hit anyone."
A Hyde Park cafe owner said a fallen tree limb crushed two cars on Saturday. (ABC News)
The Hello Neighbour co-owner said the same tree had dropped limbs on a neighbouring business over six months ago.
The Bureau of Meteorology's David Crock said South Australia's weather had resulted from a tropical air mass over Queensland.
"[A] cold front off Southern Australia is picking up all that moisture and it's generated a rain band across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania during early Sunday," Mr Crock said.
"We've seen rain and widespread storms across many parts of SA during Saturday and overnight into Sunday.
Mr Crock said wind gusts of 96-98 km per hour were recorded at various places late on Saturday, including Port Augusta where those wind gusts caused some damage.
"The rainfall for SA since 9am Saturday has reached 15-20mm through Adelaide and the hills, with some totals reaching 25 to 30mms around parts of eastern South Australia.
"There's plenty more rain on the way to Adelaide today, clearing out later as the system moves towards the eastern states."
SA Power Networks spokesperson Celia Schutz confirmed about 12,000 customers lost power from midday Saturday to 10 am this morning.
"Approximately 500 customers are currently without power," Ms Schutz said.
"SA Power Networks crews continue work to restore customers impacted overnight across the Eyre Peninsula, mid north, south east and metropolitan area."
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