The official BOM rain gauges recorded quite a bit of rain in some parts but landholders have reported much more after patchy falls in some pockets.

Rainfall - 24 hours to 9am:

Northern Tablelands: Armidale Airport 38mm; Ben Lomond 59mm; Deepwater 27mm; Glen Innes Airport 38mm; Gowan Brae 56mm; Guyra 49mm; Tingha 65mm; Walcha 43mm.

Northwest Plains: Bellata 11mm; Gwabegar 38mm; Moree Airport 31mm; Mungindi 30mm; Narrabri Airport 18mm; Pallamallawa 36mm; Pilliga 6mm; Walgett 9mm.

Northwest Slopes: Barraba 23mm; Gravesend 31mm; Gunnedah Airport 11m; Manilla 18mm; Mullaley 19mm; Nundle 23mm; Pindari Dam 72mm; Quirindi 10mm; Tamworth Airport 27mm; Warialda 34mm; Woolbrook 51mm.

12.50PM: The RMS has advised flooding is still impacting on the Newell Highway north of Moree with repairs underway on the New England Highway at Mccannas Rd at Armidale after damage to the road.

A number of trees were also reported down across the region including one on the New England Highway at Moonbi early this morning which blocked the northbound lane. 

The clean up is underway by crews from the SES who received several calls in the Inverell area, which recorded an extraordinary amount of rain.

UPDATE: Flash flooding is continuing to cause havoc on regional roads on Wednesday morning.

9.20am: Talk about wet and wild, Inverell certainly copped a drenching. One of the friendly folk at the Inverell Times snapped Runnymede Drive on Tuesday afternoon but there was no road to be seen, rather it looked more like a torrent.

9.00am: The RMS has advised the Newell Highway is flooded in two locations, 22 and 27km north of Moree, with traffic affected in both directions.

Motorists are advised to slow down and proceed with caution.

The Southbound lane of the New England Highway at Mccannas Rd at Armidale is closed due to road damage.

The RMS has confirmed repairs will begin this morning but in the meantime alternating traffic is flowing.

And, The Leader has been told the Emu Crossing on the Thunderbolts Way is closed this morning due to flooding. 

Local MP Adam Marshall said there was one metre of water flowing across the bridge about 8am today and is slowly dropping, but it will remain closed for sometime.

EARLIER: Essential Energy crews hoped to have power fully restored to 11,000 customers in the region by late yesterday, after wild storms swept through on Monday afternoon.

But they were holding their breaths again yesterday afternoon as storms again made their presence felt, with parts of Tamworth blacked out at lunchtime due to a lightning strike.

About 1560 households and businesses in East Tamworth and parts of North Tamworth lost power just before noon, but it was restored about half an hour later.

But for the 11,000 affected residences in the Bingara, Delungra, Inverell and Warialda areas, the wait was a bit longer, after the Inverell zone substation suffered a lightning strike shortly after 1pm on Australia Day.

The majority, though, had power restored by 6pm that day, with the remainder expected to be reconnected by early last night.

In addition to the lightning strike, the storms also felled a number of powerlines in the area.

More storms late yesterday afternoon dumped more than three inches of rain in a short period in some areas, causing some minor flooding and water damage to homes.

A Forest Rd resident at Moore Creek reported 50mm of rain in 50 minutes, while one Attunga resident spoke of 48mm in 45 minutes, approaching 60mm by 5pm.

Another Attunga local reported as much as 80mm to 5.30pm yesterday, and a South Tamworth resident recorded 20mm. 

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Nundle recorded more than 50mm to 4pm, Bendemeer almost 30mm, Woolbrook 30mm and Walcha 21mm.

In Tamworth, police were called to several reports of minor flooding on Bridge St, Goonoo Goonoo Rd, Manilla Rd at Hallsville and Wallamore Rd.

Meanwhile, SES crews responded to a handful of jobs in the Manilla and Gunnedah areas late on Monday after wild wind storms hit the area.

In the most serious incident, a home in Manilla was partially unroofed.

Fortunately, the occupants weren’t home at the time.

Namoi region controller Andrew Galvin said trees were another casualty of the wild weather.

Showers are forecast for much of the region today before clearing tomorrow.