QLD
Mon 20:54 AEST
Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Damaging Winds, Hail & Heavy Rain) C Highlands & Coalfields, Wide Bay & Burnett & Darling Downs & Granite Belt
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for Damaging Winds, Large Hailstones And Heavy Rainfall
for parts of Central Highlands and Coalfields, Wide Bay and Burnett and Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast Districts.
Issued at 8:54 pm Monday, 2 November 2026.
Isolated severe thunderstorms continue for parts of southeast Queensland.
Weather Situation
Increasing moisture and instability associated with a northeasterly infeed ahead of a surface trough across southeast Queensland are creating a favourable environment for isolated severe thunderstorms during the evening.
DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAILSTONES and HEAVY RAINFALL for the following areas:
Central Highlands and Coalfields, Wide Bay and Burnett and Darling Downs and Granite Belt
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Childers and Biggenden.
Severe thunderstorms are no longer occurring in the Southeast Coast district and the warning for this district is CANCELLED.
54 mm of rainfall recorded at Cooroy in the 30 minutes to 4:34 pm AEST.
4 cm hailstones reported near Yarraman at around 1:10 pm AEST.
Cancellation for the following areas:
Southeast Coast
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.
The next warning is due to be issued by 11:55 pm.
Check https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts. Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts or call 1300 659 210. The Bureau and emergency services would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.