Severe weather warning for parts of Queensland and northern NSW

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Widespread rain, and isolated thunderstorms to bring heavy falls and damaging surf to parts of Queensland and NSW.

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00:00Widespread rain, isolated thunderstorms bringing heavy falls and damaging surf to parts of

00:05Queensland and northeast New South Wales. So we already see widespread rainfall occurring

00:10through parts of Queensland and New South Wales and warnings are current for heavy rainfall

00:15for parts of northeast New South Wales including around the Evans Head area and also for damaging

00:20surf for parts of the Garry Coast and extending down to almost the Sunshine Coast. Now what's

00:25driving this we've already seen quite a bit of heavy rainfall and we've also got widespread

00:30flood watches current running from Mackay all the way down into northeast New South

00:34Wales. What this means is if you live in this area or know someone that does that forecast

00:39rainfall could lead to flash and possible riverine flooding in these areas. Even though

00:44things are dry heavy rainfall is likely to affect some of these areas and that could

00:49lead to isolated minor to possible moderate flooding particularly where the heaviest falls

00:54occur. Now looking at the rain right now over the last 12 hours we've seen widespread

00:58rain and storm activity across eastern Queensland and northeast New South Wales with some heavy

01:03falls in northeast New South Wales and also around the Mackay region. So in the 24 hours

01:08to 9 o'clock this morning we saw widespread falls of 50 to 100 millimetres around the

01:13Townsville area generally 15 to 30 for the rest and also some pretty heavy falls in northeast

01:18New South Wales with some locations getting over 150 millimetres including Evans Head

01:24that had 157 in the 24 hours to 9 o'clock this morning. So what's driving all this?

01:30We do have an upper trough combining with a really moist onshore flow and that's causing

01:34this trough system to deepen and cause widespread rain and storm activity from the Central Coast

01:39all the way down into northeast New South Wales. That's going to continue today, tonight

01:44and into tomorrow as this system very slowly moves south. Now you can see here widespread

01:50and persistent rainfall particularly through parts of the Capricornia, Wide Bay, Burnett

01:54could lead to widespread moderate to heavy falls with falls also extending to southeast

01:59Queensland and showers ongoing through northeast parts of New South Wales. Then it continues

02:04through Tuesday and even into Wednesday before finally starting to see some clearance from

02:10the north as we get into Wednesday night and Thursday. Now looking at this in terms

02:14of total rainfall we can see widespread falls of at least 30 to 50 millimetres but many

02:20should see 50 to 100 millimetres on top of what's already fallen and we could see isolated

02:25heavier falls as well depending on exactly where this trough sets up. Now this is just

02:29one scenario showing the heaviest falls around the Capricornia and Wide Bay coast. Some guidance

02:34has it further south and some has it offshore but we're likely to see widespread heavy rainfall

02:38through much of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales and that's why our

02:42warnings are current as well as our flood watches for large parts of the Queensland

02:47and far northeast New South Wales coast. Now not only are we going to have heavy rainfall

02:51we're also likely to see those big swells as you saw earlier particularly in our warning

02:55area. Note as we get into later on Tuesday and into Wednesday we could see wave heights

03:00approaching 4 to 5 metres and that could lead to some coastal erosion and possible inundation

03:06of those beachside properties if those waves do get pretty big so watch out for those if

03:10you have interest or know someone there but thankfully those conditions at ease as we

03:14move later into Wednesday and Thursday. So with all this weather ongoing through parts

03:18of Queensland and New South Wales please stay up to date with the latest forecasts and warnings

03:23in the coming days as this situation will likely change quickly and remember to listen

03:27to all advice from emergency services if and when flooding develops.

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