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Heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms increasing
Australian Community Media
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1/2/2024
Eastern states bracing for enormous rainfall totals during the first week of January, 2024.
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Another day of severe weather for the eastern states of Australia with heavy
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rainfall continuing through southeast Queensland and severe thunderstorms
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increasing further to the southeast. Our satellite imagery shows the unstable
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nature of the atmosphere with showers and storms already developing across
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Victoria and parts of New South Wales. Thicker cloud around southeast Queensland
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in areas which overnight have seen another two to three hundred millimeters
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of rainfall. Those parts of Queensland are still seeing showers at the moment.
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They've contracted out of northeast New South Wales and are starting to become
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patchier but we're still seeing bands of heavier falls moving through along the
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coast. Our severe weather warning currently covers areas just to the north
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of Brisbane extending up towards Gurry. In the warning area we still may see
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that risk of heavy rainfall today that could lead to flash flooding as well as
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locally intense rainfall, those really high rainfall rates. If you are living in
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or moving through the warning area and you're in a period of easing showers
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just be aware that the situation may still intensify very quickly with that
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risk of flash flooding returning. As well as the severe weather warning we do have
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a number of flood watches and warnings current. Moderate flood warnings for the
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Albert and Logan rivers in southeast Queensland, minor flood warnings for the
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Tweed and Richmond rivers of northeast New South Wales. Flood watches and a
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couple of other warnings cover larger parts of southeast Queensland. It's also
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worth remembering that over the next couple of days even as the rainfall
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eases back we may see further changes to these flood watch and warning products
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as those high amounts of rainfall continue to move through our water
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systems. For the rest of today the heavy rain risk continues about that southeast
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Queensland coast starting to become patchier through the later part of today
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and easing back away from the Brisbane area. The risk of heavy falls may persist
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in some parts through into early tomorrow morning however so we should be
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aware of that risk as we head into the evening and overnight period. Further
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afield moisture is moving south with the risk of severe storms increasing
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through parts of New South Wales and much of Victoria. Severe thunderstorms
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have already been seen through Victoria today bringing heavy rainfall damaging
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winds and large hail. In general the storms today won't bring us high
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rainfall totals through these southeastern parts as we've seen through
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southeast Queensland but the risk of flash flooding is there particularly
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with those most severe thunderstorms. Our thunderstorm forecast for today shows
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just how unstable the areas over eastern Australia with thunderstorms possible
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pretty much everywhere except for Tasmania. Our severe thunderstorms are
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more likely about the New South Wales Queensland border and through inland and
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southern New South Wales and much of Victoria. In fact the severe thunderstorm
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risk actually extends through the eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne
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most likely through this afternoon and evening with those winds, rain and hail
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being a risk. Severe thunderstorms are likely to the north of the ranges
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spilling into the Riverina district of New South Wales. As we go into tomorrow
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the risk of severe storms will continue but it will start to contract into
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eastern Victoria and southeast New South Wales. As we go towards Thursday the
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heavier rainfall is going to move up the New South Wales coast with the risk of
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storms continuing. However inland areas will see much patchier falls than
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they're expecting today. With a number of warnings current and further warnings
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expected over the coming hours and days it's essential to keep up to date with
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the latest via the Bureau's website and weather app. Keep up to date with advice
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from your local emergency services, keep yourself safe and we'll catch you in the
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next update.
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