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A Severe Weather Warning is in place for damaging winds and heavy rain for people in Channel Country and parts of North West, Central West and Maranoa and Warrego Forecast Districts. Ex-tropical cyclone Esther is currently located over the central eastern Northern Territory and is moving southeast towards the NT/QLD border. The system is expected to interact with an upper trough currently moving over South Australia to bring widespread rainfall to southwest Queensland from early today, continuing into Thursday. Heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding is likely to develop this morning and spread through the warning area during the remainder of today and Thursday, before contracting southeastwards. Widespread 6 hourly totals of 50-100mm are likely across the warning area. Isolated locally intense rainfall totals in excess of 150mm are possible with embedded thunderstorms. Winds with peak gusts of around 90km/h are possible, mostly with thunderstorm activity from early this morning. These conditions are expected to continue into Thursday. Locations which may be affected include Thargomindah, Birdsville, Quilpie, Windorah, Boulia, Bedourie, Urandangi, Eromanga, Stonehenge, Dajarra, Orientos and Ballera. Just when we thought the wet season was over, Ex Tropical Cyclone Esther makes its return to Queensland soaking the North West. It was around 4pm on March 3, when the clouds rolled over Mount Isa from the north. Heavy rain and strong winds attacked the region even managing to bring down power lines causing Ergon outages for 1148 customers. Within the first hour Mount Isa had received 20.4mm but overall recorded 29.4mm for the day. Other parts of the region also coped the wide-spread rain with Birdsville recording the most with 62.2mm. Urangandi recorded 34.8mm, The Monument 31.8mm, May Downs 24.8mm, Lake Julius 8mm, Cloncurry 0mm, Julia Creek 11.6mm, Carters Bore 25.6mm and Camooweal 7.8mm. The falls in Birdsville exceeded the total for all of 2019 and was the biggest one day total since the 2016 races were washed out. More showers are expected today (Wednesday March 4), with a 95 per cent of a thunderstorm, possibly severe with heavy falls; and reaching a top of 29 degrees. Thursday is also predicted for some rain, with 90 per cent chance of 8-15mm and reaching a top of 29 degrees. Friday will be partly cloudy.with slight (20%) chance of a shower and Saturday will be mostly sunny.. Lake Moondarra is 86.9%, Lake Julius is at 99.9%. READ ALSO: Slade team wants free pet rego While you are here, subscribe to our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox at 6am every Friday
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More rain on the way after Tuesday's storm in Mount IsaA Severe Weather Warning is in place for damaging winds and heavy rain for people in Channel Country and parts of North West, Central West and Maranoa and Warrego Forecast Districts.
Ex-tropical cyclone Esther is currently located over the central eastern Northern Territory and is moving southeast towards the NT/QLD border. The system is expected to interact with an upper trough currently moving over South Australia to bring widespread rainfall to southwest Queensland from early today, continuing into Thursday.
Heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding is likely to develop this morning and spread through the warning area during the remainder of today and Thursday, before contracting southeastwards. Widespread 6 hourly totals of 50-100mm are likely across the warning area. Isolated locally intense rainfall totals in excess of 150mm are possible with embedded thunderstorms.
Winds with peak gusts of around 90km/h are possible, mostly with thunderstorm activity from early this morning. These conditions are expected to continue into Thursday.
Locations which may be affected include Thargomindah, Birdsville, Quilpie, Windorah, Boulia, Bedourie, Urandangi, Eromanga, Stonehenge, Dajarra, Orientos and Ballera.
It was around 4pm on March 3, when the clouds rolled over Mount Isa from the north. Heavy rain and strong winds attacked the region even managing to bring down power lines causing Ergon outages for 1148 customers.
Within the first hour Mount Isa had received 20.4mm but overall recorded 29.4mm for the day.
Other parts of the region also coped the wide-spread rain with Birdsville recording the most with 62.2mm. Urangandi recorded 34.8mm, The Monument 31.8mm, May Downs 24.8mm, Lake Julius 8mm, Cloncurry 0mm, Julia Creek 11.6mm, Carters Bore 25.6mm and Camooweal 7.8mm.
The falls in Birdsville exceeded the total for all of 2019 and was the biggest one day total since the 2016 races were washed out.
More showers are expected today (Wednesday March 4), with a 95 per cent of a thunderstorm, possibly severe with heavy falls; and reaching a top of 29 degrees.
Thursday is also predicted for some rain, with 90 per cent chance of 8-15mm and reaching a top of 29 degrees.
Friday will be partly cloudy.with slight (20%) chance of a shower and Saturday will be mostly sunny..
Lake Moondarra is 86.9%, Lake Julius is at 99.9%.