'Marge, the rain are 'ere!' were the words on the tip of every Aussie ad connoisseur's tongue on the weekend as the skies not only opened up but grumbled loudly about doing so.
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We were told to batten down the hatches and prepare for a wild weekend of weather, and at least one road, Gap Road in the Liverpool Plains Shire, was closed due to flooding.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) recorded 9.6mm falling in Tamworth on Saturday.
At the Head of the Peel near Nundle, 22mm were recorded.
Sunday thrashed those recordings. Tamworth collected 25mm by 6pm accompanied with light winds, and the Head of the Peel copped a whopping 45mm.
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Chaffey Dam sat at 26.9 per cent as of 11am on Sunday, awaiting the inflows. The Peel River's levels swelled almost to bursting in town.
Tomorrow, Tamworth has an 80 per cent chance of 2 to 6mm, with storms possible in the morning, afternoon and evening.
