Source: Bureau of Meteorology

For people in parts of Capricornia and Wide Bay and Burnett Forecast Districts.

Issued at 5:04 pm Sunday, 9 March 2025.

Severe thunderstorms are continuing but easing in the Wide Bay and Burnett and the Capricornia.

Weather Situation: Slow-moving storms in an extremely moist atmosphere are producing heavy to locally intense rainfall across parts of the Capricornia and Wide Bay and Burnett.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Thunderstorms are forecast to affect Gladstone, Yeppoon, Byfield, Miriam Vale and Seventeen Seventy.

105 mm WAS RECORDED AT FRED HAIGH HIGHWAY IN THE 1 HOUR TO 2:41 PM.

250 mm WAS RECORDED AT HERVEY BAY IN THE 6 HOURS TO 11:30 AM.

204 mm WAS RECORDED AT GHOST HILL IN THE 6 HOURS TO 11:41 AM.

72 mm was recorded at Bucca Weir Highway in the 1 hour to 1:32 pm.

108 mm was recorded at Hermans Gully (Bucca Rd) in the 2 hours to 1:35 pm.

78 mm was recorded at Pine Creek (Pine Creek Road) in the 1 hour to 12:09 pm.

Emergency services advise people to:
* 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.