A vigorous cold front moving across the state brought damaging winds to southern and central NSW.

The weather made for a busy time for the local State Emergency Service (SES) unit who received three requests for assistance on Tuesday, two from the Mudgee area and one from Gulgong.

Local Unit Controller Ian Forrester said the callouts came in the late morning and early afternoon when the wind gusts were at their fastest.

“The requests for assistance were all trees down, one across a driveway, one falling on a car and the third across a lane way,” he said.

“We were aware that the front was coming through. The first call came in at around 11am and we had it all completed and packed up by 3pm.

“There were gusts of over 80km/h recorded out at the airport at around 11am, which is what we believe caused the calls to come in.

“But considering how Sydney and other areas of the state fared we weren’t affected that heavily.”

The NSW SES received 820 wind and storm related jobs on Tuesday and 450 NSW SES volunteers were tasked to respond.

The worst affected areas were Northern Sydney, the Central Coast and Western Sydney.

Mr Forrester said that Tuesday’s callouts show that this weather does affect the local area as well.

“It’s a timely reminder, on the first day of storm season, that these storms do affect the Mudgee area and people need to be prepared,” he said.

“A prepared home is a safer home.”

Storm season falls between October and March every year and is the time of year when severe storms occur more frequently.

Mr Forrester reminded locals to check out the NSW SES’s website to prepare your home for storms stormsafe.com.au.

For emergency help in floods and storms, contact the NSW SES on 132 500, and if your emergency is life threatening call triple zero (000).