Severe thunderstorms for north-east NSW and south-east Qld
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00:00It was a stormy afternoon yesterday around parts of southeast Queensland and today,
00:04Wednesday, will be another day with storms and possible severe thunderstorms
00:09across parts of the southeast, so I'm back here with another severe weather update
00:13to check out the latest and how things are looking for the remainder of Wednesday.
00:18We will see quite widespread showers across southeast Queensland and northern New South
00:22Wales, pushing right up into central parts of Queensland. Not everywhere that sees showers
00:27on Wednesday will see thunderstorms. A lot of these places will just get some standard hit
00:32and miss shower activity, but some spots are lining up for some quite active and potentially
00:37quite severe weather. So we're going to go straight into it with our thunderstorm outlook.
00:42Now we've been showing these maps over the last few days, but if you haven't seen them,
00:46I'll just remind you what we are seeing here. The colours show areas which are possible or
00:51probable to get thunderstorm activity. The green colours on the outside show where we might see
00:57standard non-severe thunderstorms, but it's the yellow and the red areas on our map here
01:02which are most significant. That shows where we could see severe thunderstorms. And as a reminder,
01:08severe thunderstorms can bring any or all of the following. Heavy rainfall which leads to flooding,
01:14damaging wind gusts, large hailstones greater than two centimetres across. The yellow area
01:19shows where we might get severe thunderstorms today and it stretches across a large part of
01:24the southeast Queensland coast from the Sunshine Coast up to Rockhampton, and many inland areas too,
01:30including much of the central highlands and coalfields, much of the Darling Downs in the
01:34south, and it even goes across the border into the far north of the northern slopes and plains
01:39of New South Wales. The red area is the most significant. That is not only where severe
01:44thunderstorms are possible today, but that is where severe thunderstorms are likely today.
01:49You'll note the red area, our highest risk area, is pulled away inland, so the coastal strip
01:54doesn't see that highest risk, but it's inland spots west of Toowoomba and southwest of Rockhampton
02:01and east of St George and Roma where the risk is highest for today, and again, heavy rainfall,
02:06damaging winds, large hail are all possible where those severe thunderstorms do form. Some of the
02:13major impacts we can expect with these severe thunderstorms, much like yesterday, trees and
02:17branches down which could lead to localised power outages. We could see some areas of flash flooding
02:22today as well, we didn't see a lot of that on Tuesday, potentially a little bit more rainfall
02:26with the storms today, and damage to property and cars due to the wind, due to the large hailstones,
02:32and due to that heavy rainfall. Now we'll take a quick look at tomorrow because we'll see further
02:38showers along the east coast all the way up to about Mackay, but the thunderstorm risk will
02:44subside tomorrow. It is more of a standard showery onshore flow without the intense weather,
02:50without the large hail, and without those damaging wind gusts. To finish, a look at how much rain we
02:56might get over the next couple of days. This is both Wednesday with the storms and then Thursday
03:01with the showers, and there's a few places along the coast where it seems likely we could get the
03:05more significant rainfall totals. The very far northeast of New South Wales, around that northern
03:10rivers area, could see decent accumulations through persistent shower activity over the next
03:16few days, and a little bit further northwards, north of Brisbane from the Sunshine Coast,
03:21through Noosa Heads up towards Bundaberg and the Wide Bay, could also be a spot of significant
03:26rainfall accumulations over the next few days, and anywhere between 50 and 100 millimetres of rain
03:31through this area here is possible, and that could lead to localised areas of flash flooding.
03:37Thunderstorm warnings are likely to be issued throughout the second half of the day on
03:41Wednesday, and they will be updated frequently as these storms develop and move to new areas.
03:47So if you are in southeast Queensland, stay up to date with the forecasts and those warnings,
03:52they'll always be available at the Bureau website and available on your app.
03:55Thanks for watching, stay safe.