Australia: New Wave of Severe Storms form over flood-affected areas
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Times and Climate Change
Australia: New Wave of Severe Storms form over
flood-affected areas
January 18, 2011 - 3:55PM
Storms are redeveloping over flood-affected areas of Queensland
and northern NSW, heavy enough to cause brief flash flooding but
not nearly as intense as last week's, weatherzone.com.au reports.
"Flash flooding is the main feature of the storms, enough to cause
brief rises in rivers and creeks. Large hail and damaging winds
are also a possibility, but mainly on high ground," Weatherzone
meteorologist Brett Dutschke said.
"The biggest storms are forming on and near the border ranges and
travelling slowly east, bringing as much as 40mm of rain in under
an hour.
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"Most storms are dying before they reach the coast, so Brisbane is
less likely than inland," Mr Dutschke said
In one hour, on the Queensland/NSW border, Rudds Lane recorded
40mm and Binna Burra 30mm.
Some showers and storms are also forming to the north, west and
south of Brisbane, including in the vicinity of St George,
Emerald, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Tenterfield.
"After dying in the evening, storms are a good chance to become
severe again tomorrow, especially in the afternoon and about the
slopes and ranges, rather than the coast," Mr Dutschke said.
"Tomorrow, the trough causing these storms will deepen over the
inland and have the added benefit of increasingly moist easterly
winds. This will make storms possible from north Queensland to
Victoria.
"On Thursday storms will tend to form further inland due to the
westerly movement of the trough."