Source: Bureau of Meteorology
For people in parts of Central Highlands and Coalfields, Maranoa
and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast
Districts.
Issued at 3:21 am Thursday, 18 January 2024.
INTENSE RAINFALL WITH A VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM IN THE DARLING
DOWNS
Weather Situation: Severe thunderstorms continue to trigger along
a trough in the southeast of the state.
VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS are likely to produce heavy, locally
intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening
flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the Darling
Downs and Granite Belt district. Locations which may be affected
include Millmerran and Pittsworth.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may
lead to flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the
Central Highlands and Coalfields, Maranoa and Warrego and Darling
Downs and Granite Belt districts. Locations which may be affected
include Injune.
Severe thunderstorms are no longer occurring in the Gulf Country,
Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders and North West districts and
the warning for these districts is CANCELLED.
95 mm at Inglewood in 1 hour to 10:54 pm.
80 mm at Canning Creek in 1 hour to midnight.
63 mm at Upper Warrego Alert in 2 hours to 3:17 am.
62 mm recorded at Woodspring in 1 hour to 11:11 pm.
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.
17/Jan/2024 05:29 PM