Multiple states are at risk of flash flooding on Thursday, with severe weather warnings issued in New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania.
Ilana Cherny, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said the wet weather battering eastern Australia was being driven by a broad low-pressure trough that had drawn in “a lot of tropical moisture across the region”.
“In the midst of that trough, a low pressure system is developing and is slowly going to move offshore of New South Wales during Friday,” she said.
Heavy rainfall, with the potential to cause flash flooding, was forecast for parts of the NSW mid-north coast, the Hunter and adjacent districts from Thursday afternoon.
Senior BoM meteorologist Jonathan How said the low pressure system was expected on Friday to continue to drive heavy rainfall there. “We could see heavy falls and there is a possibility of flooding,” he said.
How added that showers would clear away from Sydney and the central coast into the middle of Friday.
It came as NRMA roadside assistance employees in Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong began a 24-hour strike – expected to end at midnight – over pay and conditions, a representative for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union said.
Heavy rainfall was also forecast on Thursday for southern and south-east parts of Queensland, including the Darling Downs Wide Bay and Burnett regions.
“Severe thunderstorms are also possible through to the Brisbane area and the south-east coast,” Cherny said, adding there was a risk of damaging wind gusts and large hail.
“We are expecting further severe thunderstorm warnings to be issued throughout the day, particularly through parts of southern Queensland and New South Wales,” she said.
Brisbane was hit by severe weather on Wednesday, with access to many roads temporarily cut as rain hammered down from the north. The city recorded 43mm of rain by 8.30am on Thursday.
There were also significant rainfall totals in Queensland’s parched southern interior and Darling Downs. The highest total in the 24 hours to 7am on Thursday was 88mm at Tindarra on Bungil Creek, near Roma in the state’s central west. More rain was expected on Thursday, in good news for the region’s farmers.
In Tasmania, flood warnings were in place for the St Paul’s River and the South Esk River. Eastern parts of the state saw rainfall totals over 100mm, with 251mm recorded at Gray.
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