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.