QLD Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Large Hail, Damaging Winds
Source: Bureau of Meteorology
For people in the Darling Downs and Granite Belt and parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett, Maranoa and Warrego and Southeast Coast Forecast Districts.
Issued at 5:02 pm Saturday, 23 November 2013.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Toowoomba, Dalby, Ipswich, Biloela, Stanthorpe, Taroom, Rolleston, Baralaba, Springsure, Goondiwindi and Carnarvon National Park.
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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