QLD Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Large Hail, Damaging Winds |  | Source: Bureau of Meteorology
For people in the Capricornia, Southeast Coast and parts of the Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Wide Bay and Burnett and Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast Districts.
Issued at 11:56 am Saturday, 16 November 2013.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones over the next several hours in the Capricornia and parts of the Central Coast and Whitsundays and Central Highlands and Coalfields districts. Locations which may be affected include Emerald, Rockhampton, Clermont, Blackwater, Yeppoon, Baralaba, Marlborough, St Lawrence and Dysart.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to develop and produce damaging winds and large hailstones over the next several hours in the Southeast Coast and parts of the Wide Bay and Burnett and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Maroochydore, Gympie, Ipswich, Moreton Bay and islands, Noosa and Hervey Bay.
Emergency Management Queensland advises that people should:
* Move your car under cover or away from trees.
* Secure loose outdoor items.
* 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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