Severe thunderstorms possible for much of NSW today

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Severe weather warnings in place for much of NSW as storms continue to move through to the coastline.

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00:00Severe thunderstorms continue to play a major role in the weather across eastern Australia.

00:05Just a day after the last severe thunderstorm outbreak yesterday where we saw widespread

00:09damage, disruption and flooding through Sydney, significant wind damage up on the mid-north

00:14coast around Tarry, eastern parts of Victoria even got nearly 200mm of rainfall yesterday

00:21and today we are going to see a whole new severe thunderstorm outbreak across the east.

00:25In fact it's already begun.

00:27This is the current rain radar and this little cluster of rain and storms in here has tended

00:33severe due to heavy rainfall and we have issued a severe thunderstorm warning for areas east

00:38of Dubbo, south of Tamworth.

00:41This is valid at the time I'm recording, so that's around about 11am EDT and through the

00:46rest of the day today we anticipate other parts of NSW to see these severe thunderstorms,

00:51especially once we get into the afternoon hours, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, through until

00:55about 8pm this evening, looks to be prime time for that storm development through other

01:00areas.

01:01Here's the thunderstorm map with yellow and red regions showing where severe storms are

01:04possible and as a reminder, severe storms can bring heavy rain and flash flooding, damaging

01:09wind gusts and large hail and that's possible over almost anywhere in eastern NSW today,

01:15all the way from the south coast, in fact the far east of Victoria around Mallacoota,

01:20right up through eastern NSW and perhaps just across the border into southern Queensland

01:24as well.

01:25The highest risk area is in this red region here where we are already seeing those storms

01:29east of Dubbo, potentially likely to move northwards through Tamworth and up towards

01:34Narrabri as we get into the afternoon hours.

01:37Sydney is in the yellow region, meaning a severe storm is possible there today after

01:41we saw that significant storm cell tear through the state capital yesterday afternoon.

01:47We are likely to see an array of severe weather impacts, mostly in relation to the rainfall

01:52that comes with these storms, generating flash flooding which can close roads, cause

01:56detours, delays and traffic, and potentially the flooding can inundate homes, properties

02:01and businesses too.

02:03With the outside chance of damaging wind and large hail, we could see damage to property,

02:07crops and vehicles where these severe storms develop.

02:11Everything I've talked about so far has been to do with today, Tuesday, but this is going

02:14to continue into tomorrow so we'll bring up Wednesday's map now and we will see a slight

02:19change for the southern half of New South Wales.

02:22From Newcastle southwards, there'll still be a few showers around but they're unlikely

02:26to tend towards thunderstorms and certainly not towards severe storms, but in the northeast

02:31of the state, severe storms could continue.

02:33So back to our thunderstorm map now for Wednesday, severe storms possible for the Upper Hunter,

02:38Mid North Coast Northern Rivers, as well as the Northern Tablelands and Northwest Slopes

02:42and Plains, and we could also see that pushing across the border into a much larger portion

02:47of southern Queensland.

02:48The Darling Downs, Granite Belt, as well as parts of the Maranoa and Warago could all

02:52see these severe storms, but currently it looks less likely around the southeast, meaning

02:57that Coolingadda, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Gympie, all likely to avoid

03:02the worst of conditions in the coming couple of days.

03:06And a quick look ahead now to Thursday, so two days time we'll just continue to see that

03:09easing trend after what could be a significant day on Tuesday, just a few showers scattered

03:15across eastern parts of the state for Thursday.

03:18Stormfall totals over the next few days will be very, very variable, given where you are

03:22and where those storms form.

03:24Some places yesterday got 80mm with thunderstorms and places nearby got 0mm if the storms completely

03:30missed, and it's going to be the same in the next few days, really, really hard to pin

03:34down the numbers, could be anywhere between a couple of millimetres and 50-80mm, depending

03:39on whether you get a storm right over your area.

03:41So in the next few days, good time to keep up to date with those severe thunderstorm

03:45warnings which will be issued and updated when necessary, and the best way that you

03:49can track the storms yourself is on the rain radar, and you can find that radar imagery

03:53on the Bureau's website and app.

03:56Thanks for watching, have a safe afternoon.

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