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QLD Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Large Hail, Flash Flooding, Damaging Winds


QLD Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Large Hail, Flash Flooding, Damaging Winds
Source: Bureau of Meteorology

For people in the Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Southeast Coast and parts of the Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Northwest and Maranoa and Warrego Forecast Districts.

Issued at 1:05 pm Sunday, 11 December 2011.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, very heavy rainfall and flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the Gulf Country district. Locations which may be affected include Burketown, Mornington Island and Westmoreland Station.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, very heavy rainfall, flash flooding and large hailstones over the next several hours in the Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Southeast Coast and parts of the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Northwest and Maranoa and Warrego districts. Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Dalby, Maroochydore, Roma, Gympie, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Emerald, Longreach, Rockhampton, Clermont, Winton, Mackay, Proserpine, Charters Towers, Bowen, Kingaroy and Stanthorpe.

Emergency Management Queensland advises that people should:
* Move your car under cover or away from trees.
* Secure loose outdoor items.
* Avoid driving, walking or riding through flood waters.
* Seek shelter, preferably indoors and never under trees.
* Avoid using the telephone during a thunderstorm.
* Beware of fallen trees and powerlines.
* For emergency assistance contact the SES on 132 500.
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