Severe Weather Warning for Hervey Bay
At 4.25am today the Weather Bureau issued a severe weather warning for the Wide Bay and Burnett as well as the South east Coast.
Synoptic situation: At 4am the monsoon trough lay across northern Queensland with a 997 hPa low located around 100km west of Mackay. The low is moving southeast and is expected to be located on the Sunshine Coast late tonight.
The low is expected to remain an intense system as it moves rapidly towards the southeast. Very heavy rainfall is likely, both along the coast east of the low and extending inland to its south.
Locally damaging wind gusts up to 90 km/h are also expected east of the low reaching 110 km/h in coastal areas exposed to the north. Southeasterly wind gusts to 90 km/h are expected to develop over the Southeast Coast district tonight. Westerly wind gusts are expected to ease north of Townsville during the morning.
The State Emergency Service advises that people in the affected area should:
seek shelter, indoors where possible, and never under trees.
- secure outdoor items.
- beware of fallen trees and powerlines.
- avoid driving, walking or riding through flood waters
