Vic storms begin to ease but SES busy

The State Emergency Service is responding to 160 calls for help from storm damage in parts of Victoria, but the extent of the storms is reducing.

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A wide area of Victoria will be affected by a severe thunderstorm that's forecast to bring hail. (AAP)

Severe thunderstorms are beginning to ease in northern Victoria, but strong winds in the south continue to keep emergency crews busy.

By 9pm on Sunday, the State Emergency Service had responded to 160 assistance calls for storm damage to homes around Victoria since noon on Sunday, with 100 calls in metropolitan Melbourne, most from the Frankston, Chelsea, Dandenong and Sorrento areas.

Most of the calls related to minor roof damage, water leaks through ceilings and downed trees, an SES spokeswoman said.

There were reports of water over some roads in the Seymour and Euroa areas, she said.

Peak gusts above 60km/h occurred in Frankston and Moorabbin, in Melbourne's southeast, on Sunday afternoon.

A severe thunderstorm warning is still in effect for the Mallee and Wimmera regions, affecting Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill and Horsham.

At their worst, severe storms affected most of the state, hitting the Mallee, Northern Country, Wimmera and North Central forecast districts and parts of the South West, North East and Central regions.

The highest wind gust in Victoria so far on Sunday was 80km/h about 5pm, but gusts above 50km/h were common in the north.

The storms delivered rain to some parched areas in northern Victoria.

More than a month's average rain fell at Mangalore, near Seymour.

It received 40.8mm in the five hours to 9pm on Sunday against its average January rainfall of 39mm.

Mildura received 20mm of rain in 40 minutes from 4.50pm as a storm struck.

Its January average is 22mm.

Graytown, southeast of Bendigo, recorded 60mm of rain during a thunderstorm, while 46.2mm fell at the Campaspe Weir in Elmore, northeast of the goldfields city.


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