Melbourne has been spared a repeat of stormy weather that cut power and sparked a house fire but a severe thunderstorm warning remains in place for the east of the state.
Most of the rain and thunder skipped the city on Thursday evening but there were isolated pockets of stormy weather over the eastern suburbs, the Bureau of Metereology's senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said.
"It's essentially missed Melbourne this evening," Mr Carlyon said.
"There has been some isolated storm activity over the eastern suburbs and over East Gippsland."
Around 300 properties lost power in the east of the state, with Ausnet outages showing 150 were without power in Buchan and 50 in Buchan South.
Properties at at Murrindal, Gelantipy, W Tree and Buthcers Ridge also lost power.
There were significant rainfalls recorded in East Gippsland, with Mt Elizabeth recording 27mm in the past six hours.
However falls are not expected to be as high as on Wednesday, given they are forecast over a shorter period.
Wednesday's storms prompted more than 200 calls to the SES about fallen trees and power lines, building damage and flooding, a State Control Centre spokesman said.
Thousands of homes were left without power and the suburban Upfield train line was brought to a halt after storms damaged rail equipment.
Lightning also sparked a house fire in Melbourne's north, with two people escaping injury on Wednesday night.
Thirty firefighters battled the blaze in Penola St, Preston, sparked when a bolt from the violent storms struck a domestic gas meter.
Wednesday's storms brought intense rain, with 51mm at Meredith between Geelong and Ballarat, 37mm at Ararat and 36mm at Wedderburn in the northwest.
In Melbourne, Coburg recorded 34mm of rain, Fawkner had 28mm and Essendon Airport 23mm, while the city had 11cm.
