Perth has fallen a couple of cup fulls short of recording the wettest Perth day ever after more than 110 millimetres fell in the 24 hours until 9am.
Weather geeks were glued to the gauges on Friday morning after Perth needed only 10 millimetres of rain by 9am to beat the wettest day ever, which ironically was also in February, back in 1992 when 120.6 millimetres fell.
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Flood chaos around Perth
Heavy rain is causing flooding in a number of areas around Perth.
Roads flooded in Rockingham after Perth's second ever wettest day @TenNewsPerth pic.twitter.com/fpKaDIp5hS
— Claire Dearle (@ClaireDearle) February 10, 2017
But despite the rain still stumbling down, the metropolitan area managed only a tick over 114mm by 9am.
The rain caused traffic chaos around the inner suburbs of Perth including in Osborne Park, where several cars had broken down in massive pools of water, with some half submerged under water.
The flash flooding around the metropolitan area prompted the Bureau of Meteorology to warn motorists to take care on the road, with reduced visibility and dangerous water levels on roads due to ongoing deluge.
The 24-hour deluge still means Perth can lay claim to the second wettest day on record.
Perth's 2nd wettest ever day with 106mm since 9am 9th Feb....still 4 hours to go! 120.6mm fell on 9th Feb 1992. #hissingdown
— BOM WA (@BOM_WA) February 9, 2017
Perth has already set one record, with Thursday being the coldest February day, with the mercury reaching only 17.4 degrees.
The heavy rain and wild weather caused more than 9000 homes around the metropolitan area and down in the South West to lose power overnight.
Crews have already returned power to 8,000 customers since 4am this morning.
There are still 700 homes without power in Australind, Bunbury and Roelands and 300 houses still blacked out in Perth.
The Department of Fire and Emergency said the downpour may have caused flash flooding south of Perth through the Peel region and down to the Great Southern district.
A Rockingham man made the most of the early flooding that hit metro areas, riding an inflatable tube while being pulled along by a ute.
Curtin University put out a weather warning alert to staff on Friday morning.
"Localised flooding has affected the campus," it wrote.
"Take care when entering buildings and offices. Damage can be reported to Security. All buildings being checked."
6-day forecast
Saturday - 19, 28, possible shower
Sunday - 19,30, shower or two, possible storm
Monday - 20, 31, possible storm
Tuesday - 20,28, possible shower
Wednesday - 18,30, partly cloudy
Thursday - 17, 30, sunny