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Severe Weather Update | September 24, 2024 | BOM
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9/24/2024
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather update with rain and possible flooding through central and western Australia.
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Heavy rain and potential flooding continue across central parts of the continent today,
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with the focus for rainfall shifting towards the east coast from Thursday.
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Now today's satellite imagery shows a lot of cloud sitting over western and central parts
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of the continent, associated with this rain event that's already been unfolding over the
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past couple of days. Today we're going to see further wet weather through much of inland
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Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia. Generally showers but
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tending to rain areas through parts of the Northern Territory. Thunderstorms are also
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going to play a part. Today's thunderstorm forecast shows these green areas of possible
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thunderstorms across much of inland Western Australia, the Northern Territory and northern
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parts of South Australia too. In these areas storms are possible today. We do have severe
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storms possible today as well. This yellow area you see here across southwestern parts of the
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Northern Territory and the northern inland of Western Australia. Now in that yellow area we
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could see, we're more likely to see rather, heavy falls which could lead to flash flooding. That is
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really the hot spot area for today and if we look at today's rainfall totals that we're expecting,
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it tells the same story. We've got fairly patchy falls through inland Western Australia,
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South Australia and parts of the Northern Territory but in that area of severe storms we
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might see more widespread 20 to 50 millimetres but where storms move overhead those rainfall
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totals may reach as much as 70 or 80 millimetres. In addition to the thunderstorm risk today we do
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also have that continued risk of flooding. Our flood watches cover the Tanami and Western Desert
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catchments as well as the Sturt Creek, all straddling the border between the Northern
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Territory and northern Western Australia. Now in those flood watch areas we're most likely to see
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the impacts from the rainfall. That includes water moving over the roads making them muddy or
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impassable, potentially leading to lengthy detours. We may also see the rivers and creeks responding
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to that rainfall with possible inundation of low-lying areas near those waterways. So how
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will this situation play out after today? Looking at tomorrow we're going to start seeing that rain
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push towards southeastern Australia. A cold front will start to approach the southeast too
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and that will help to drag the moisture eastwards. Tomorrow's rainfall totals are generally going to
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be on the low to moderate side but thunderstorms may push up the totals in some isolated areas
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through the east here. However the story becomes a little bit more interesting as we go
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into Thursday. We're going to see rainfall pushing up the east coast of New South Wales, tapping into
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this moisture coming in from the north, leading to potentially moderate to heavy falls about parts
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of the central east coast of New South Wales. Now that includes pretty much anywhere from the
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Illawarra northwards including the Greater Sydney area and the Greater Hunter. As we go towards the
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end of Thursday into early Friday we're going to see low pressure deepening across northeast New
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South Wales and southeast Queensland, possibly leading to further enhanced rainfall at the end
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of the week going into the early part of the weekend. Now this is just one possible forecast
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option, we may see this low pressure system developing slightly differently in a slightly
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different location or slightly faster or slower and that will impact the outcome of rainfall for
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these eastern parts of New South Wales. However one way or the other we are expecting a wet end
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to the week for eastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland. You can find all of the
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forecast updates over the next couple of days via the Bureau's website or the BOM social media.
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Stay on top of this situation and we'll catch you in the next update.
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