3.49PM: The State Emergency Servicehas received 13 reports of trees down on the roads.
This includes five calls from Wangaratta, one from Beechworth and another from Wodonga that focused on the Wangaratta-Beechworth Road and Beechworth-Wodonga Road.
3.01PM: A severe weather warning has been issued for the North East
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting severe thunderstorms with high winds, heavy rainfall and hailstones for towns across the region.
Wodonga and Wangaratta have been named among towns likely to cop the brunt of the storm.