During the past 24 hours, severe thunderstorms whipped up winds of over 100km/h in the WA Goldfields, while heavy downpours soaked the Kimberley. A broad area of low pressure centred over Western Australia has created very unstable conditions during the past few days, leading to widespread thunderstorms. These storm were supported by strong upper level winds, which led to damaging wind gusts in the Goldfields yesterday afternoon. Leonora was rattled by a gust to 130km/h as a severe storm cell passed through on Saturday afternoon. This was the highest wind gust to hit the area in at least 10 years. Further north, tropical moisture is feeding into storms forming over the Kimberley, leading to heavy downpours. Kununurra saw rainfall rates reaching as high as 11mm in 10 minutes. Nearby Dunham Gorge received 59mm of rain during the past 24 hours, the highest total in the country. Storms will continue across the WA interior and north today and bring the potential of heavy downpours. Over the southern half of the state, storms could again produce strong wind gusts.