Source: Bureau of Meteorology

For people in Central Highlands and Coalfields and parts of Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central West, Capricornia, Maranoa and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast Districts.

Issued at 5:42 pm Sunday, 31 December 2023.
Severe thunderstorms continue about parts of interior Queensland.

Weather Situation: Moisture and instability to the east of a surface trough, and an associated upper trough tracking across southeastern Queensland, are enhancing thunderstorm activity across parts of eastern Queensland.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding over the next several hours in the Central Highlands and Coalfields and parts of the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central West, Capricornia, Maranoa and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Charters Towers, Blackwater, Moranbah, Collinsville, Mitchell, Rolleston, Baralaba, Springsure, Pentland, Mingela and Carnarvon National Park.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy, locally intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding, damaging winds and large hailstones over the next several hours in parts of the Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields and Capricornia districts. Locations which may be affected include Dysart.
62 mm in the 30 minutes to 5:30 pm recorded at Dysart.

Emergency services advise people to:
* If you have children make sure they are with you or an adult you trust.
* Park your car undercover away from trees.
* Close doors and windows.
* Keep asthma medications close by. Storms and wind can trigger asthma attacks.
* Charge mobile phones and power banks in case the power goes out.
* Put your pets somewhere safe and make sure they can be identified in case they get lost.
* Do not drive now unless you have to because conditions are dangerous.
* Tell friends, family and neighbours in the area.
* Go inside a strong building now. Stay inside until the storm has passed.