QLD Fire Weather Warning |  | Source: Bureau of Meteorology
for the Maranoa and Warrego, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast forecast districts
Issued at 3:44 pm EST on Saturday 15 November 2014.
Weather Situation
A trough situated across the southern interior of Queensland is expected to move eastwards through southeast Queensland on Sunday. A dry and very hot airmass is combining with moderate to fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds to produce Severe fire dangers over parts of the southern interior this afternoon and evening. These conditions are expected to develop further and lead to Severe to Extreme fire dangers throughout southeast Queensland on Sunday.
For the rest of Saturday 15 November:
Severe Fire Danger in the following forecast districts:
Maranoa and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite Belt
The Fire Weather Warning for the Central West forecast district has been cancelled.
For Sunday 16 November:
Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following forecast districts:
Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Southeast Coast
The Rural Fire Service Queensland advises that fires may be unpredictable, uncontrollable and fast-moving.
Severe Fire Danger is forecast for the following forecast districts:
Maranoa and Warrego and Wide Bay and Burnett
The Rural Fire Service Queensland advises that fires may be unpredictable, uncontrollable and fast-moving.
The Rural Fire Service Queensland advises you to:
Check your bushfire survival plan - Now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation in any way you can through www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au, television or radio.
Call Triple Zero if you see a fire.
The Rural Fire Service Queensland advises that if you are in an area of Extreme Fire Danger:
Leaving is the only option for your survival.
If you plan to leave finalise your options and leave early on the day.
A well prepared and well constructed home may not be safe.
The Rural Fire Service Queensland advises that if you are in an area of Severe Fire Danger:
Leaving is the safest option for your survival.
If you plan to leave finalise your options and leave early on the day.
Only stay if your home is well prepared and well constructed and you can actively defend it.
Prepare for the emotional, mental and physical impact of defending your property - if in doubt, leave early.
For more information on Fire Bans please call the Fire Ban Hotline on 1800 020 440. For more information on Prepare. Act. Survive., or how to complete your Bushfire Survival Plan, please visit the Rural Fire Service Queensland web page at www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au.
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