What 600mm of rain looks like on the rain gauge

Check out the units on the left side - rain per hour!

And here's what it does to a nearby, smaller river. Note that as the rain stops, the stream flows start coming down immediately. 

And as the front sweeps out, the winds pick up to 160kmh north of here, ruling out any lake fishing too. But, we had a great couple of days fishing until about 6 last evening when the big winds hit us on an alpine lake.