TOOWOOMBA may have copped a drenching, but farmers west of the Garden City barely saw a drop.
Instead, intense winds knocked out crops almost ready for harvest, flattening hopes of a decent yield and reprieve from tight conditions.
Norwin farmer Graham Clapham said about 80 per cent of his corn crop due to be harvested next week had been wiped out in Thursday's storm.
He said less than 1mm of rain had been recorded on his property near Cecil Plains.
"We had some irrigated corn that finished up prematurely due to the dry weather and intense heat, and it was still looking to be a reasonable crop, but about 80 per cent of it has been blown over," he said.
"I'm hoping we'll still be able to pick it up to harvest it.
"The weather hasn't been kind to us at all."
Mr Clapham described waking up to news of 70mm and more falls to the east of Cecil Plains as tormenting.
"It was so close," he said.
"It still looks overcast and still feels good, so we can only hope we might share in some of it.
"We haven't had any useful rain since July last year and that is quite unusual.
"Combined with that is the fact we've had more than our fair share of heat and wind."
He said the dry and hot conditions had pushed the corn and cotton harvests forward by at least a month.
Australia - Destructive winds wipe out crops to Toowoomba's westToowoomba may have copped a drenching, but farmers west of the Garden City barely saw a drop. Instead, intense winds knocked out crops almost ready for harvest, flattening hopes of a decent yield and reprieve from tight conditions. About 80 per cent of corn crop due to be harvested next week had been wiped out in Thursday's storm. Less than 1mm of rain had been recorded on his property near Cecil Plains. The dry and hot conditions had pushed the corn and cotton harvests forward by at least a month.
