WILD and woolly weather visited Dubbo on Friday night, as the State Emergency Service (SES) had a number of call-outs to various examples of storm damage.
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The storm only lasted half an hour and recorded eight millimeters of rain.
But SES duty operations officer Emma Delaney said the SES were called out to 21 jobs.
"Most of the jobs were related to trees down and branches fallen, as a result of the storm," she said.
"Overall there wasn't a great amount of jobs, but definitely enough to keep them busy."
A resident within a Hunter Street unit called the SES in regards to tiles that had blown off of the roof of the block of units.
Facebook was a flurry of reports of trees down and even a report of a dog broken free of its leash because of the storms.
Ms Delaney said the majority of the jobs were completed last night, but some clean-up was requested on Saturday morning.
Volunteer Rescue Association (VRA) spokesperson Neil Sturrock said Dubbo City Council and the SES did a "fantastic job of cleaning up."
Mr Sturrock described the storm as "short and sharp" as they only had to attend a tree that had fallen onto a car at Wheelers Lane.
But residents should not be complacent, Mr Sturrock said.
"People should be vigilant and clean up trees that have fallen," he said.
"Preparation is key because storms can be violent.
"The 200 Dubbo storm showed us just how dangerous storms can be."
Mr Sturrock urged residents to report any fallen trees or debris that are a danger to residents or blocking thoroughfares to Police, who will alert the relevant rescue parties.
He added those who are driving should "drive to the conditions and take care".
