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Jeff Addison ‏@Jeffrey_Addison 54 seconds ago

#Hail stone collected from our building interior at Boudary St #SpringHill

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ABC Radio Brisbane ‏@612brisbane 59 seconds ago

Flooding in Brisbane CBD around the Riverside Centre (Photo from Jess Phan) #storm



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Penny Dahl ‏@Pennycopter 1 minute ago

No way!!! RT @C_K_7: The carnage at Archerfield Airport #bnestorm #brisbane

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News Talk 4BC 1116 ‏@NewsTalk4BC 4 seconds ago

There's a constant 'stream' of pictures showing the storm effects around Brisbane. You can view them here - http://bit.ly/1zxyJVA

[ozbob]

Windscreen smashes as hail pounds Brisbane

[bcasey]

I got caught in the heaviest part of the storm while waiting for the train at Milton. I don't think I've ever experienced feeling the brunt of rain, hail and wind that heavy before. I saw news reports that were saying it got up to 150 km/h in some places. Needless to say, I didn't bother waiting for the train that wasn't coming.

[James]

Trees fallen over in multiple places here. Wind was so strong 20m tall trees had tops blown off and debris has literally been stuck to buildings which are 3-4m undercover.

Thankfully work was undercover, although a roof panel or two came off, which was not exactly comforting.

[ozbob]

Couriermail --> Brisbane train passengers stuck on board by freak storm

[ozbob]

Brisbanetimes --> Brisbane storm catches city by surprise

[ozbob]

Queensland Times 28th November 2014 page 13

[ozbob]

Redbank Plaza lost most of its car park sail shade cloths during the storm.



No other discernible damage that I can see ...

[bcasey]

Video of Fortitude Valley Station Flooding https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=400503966774319

[ozbob]

Couriermail --> Brisbane train passengers stuck on board by freak storm

I sometimes think that if a DH had been kept at Mayne, it could be used on occasion to pull sparks sets out of tunnels or at least move to a position where evacuation would be possible.  DHs can run through significant flood waters.



DH38 at Kunkala (ARHS)

[ozbob]

Video of Fortitude Valley Station Flooding https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=400503966774319

Marvellous little video!

[ozbob]

The Guardian --> Brisbane's massive storm damage shown in incredible aerial footage – video

[ozbob]

Slow motion hail storm in Brisbane

[ozbob]

Brisbanetimes --> Queensland storms leave costly clean-up bill

[ozbob]

Couriermail --> Brisbane storm: More severe weather expected this summer

[techblitz]

what could have been for sure

http://www.brisbanestorms.com/reports_041173.html

i guess el nino is probably here...meaning less storms but potentially more violent ones?

[techblitz]

video of moorooka shops getting hit..

[ozbob]

Rain on the way ...

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for HEAVY RAINFALL

For people in parts of the Ipswich, Somerset, Toowoomba, Lockyer Valley and Brisbane Council Areas.

Issued at 3:17 pm Friday, 5 December 2014.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours.

Locations which may be affected include the area north of Toowoomba, the area south of Esk, the area southwest of Esk and southern Lake Wivenhoe.

58mm of rainfall was recorded at Goomburra in the hour to 12:30pm.

[ozbob]

Heavy rain heading for Brisbane CBD, will Fortitude Valley flood again?

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR664.loop.shtml#skip

[bcasey]

The red/black heavy front appears to be travelling slowly north-east, towards samford, strathpine, etc. Admittedly, this is summised by the limited number of 6 frames that BOM radar provides at a time. Still, it looks like the city will be in for fairly constant rain for the next hour or two, leading into peak hour.

[ozbob]

Yo, major cell swung off direct path for Brisbane CBD, will now impact north.  Black has appeared in the cell, this indicates hail sadly ..

[ozbob]

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for DAMAGING WIND, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in parts of the Ipswich, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Brisbane and Moreton Bay Council Areas.

Issued at 3:57 pm Friday, 5 December 2014.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 4:05 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Mount Nebo, Highvale and the D'Aguilar Ranges. These thunderstorms are moving towards the northeast. They are forecast to affect Dayboro by 4:20 pm and Lake Samsonvale, Mount Mee and Wamuran by 4:35 pm.

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely.

[ozbob]

Brisbanetimes --> SEQ dams decision tipped for Monday

Southeast Queensland residents should have a better idea of the Queensland Government plans for new dams west of Ipswich after Monday.

Fairfax Media has been told State Cabinet on Monday will consider a report identifying the three dams which warrant detailed studies from the eight potential sites suggested in April 2014.

At that time the State Government announced it would study these sites for new dams;

1 - Linville on the Upper Brisbane River;

2 - Cooyar Creek near Benarkin National Park;

3 - Emu Creek near Harlin;

4 - Bremer River near Mt Walker;

5 - Stanley River near Peachester;

6 - Tenterhill Creek near Gatton;

7 - Lockyer Creek near Murphy's Creek; and

8 - Cressbrook Creek, near the town of Kipper.

Cabinet will also hear a report on the viability of raising the Wivenhoe Dam wall ...

[ozbob]

Near miss for Brisbane .. tracking north to south

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR662.loop.shtml#skip

[ozbob]

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for DAMAGING WIND, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in the Ipswich, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley and parts of the Logan, Somerset, Southern Downs and South Burnett Council Areas.

Issued at 1:11 pm Monday, 8 December 2014.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 1:05 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Gatton and Lake Boondooma. These thunderstorms are moving towards the east to southeast. They are forecast to affect Laidley, Rosevale and Grandchester by 1:35 pm and Boonah, the area between Boonah and Beaudesert and the area northwest of Kingaroy by 2:05 pm.

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely.

[ozbob]

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR662.loop.shtml#skip

Rain north and south of Brisbane.  Fortitude Valley misses out again ...

[techblitz]

Its actually very unstable all over brisbane....could be storms anywhere tonight......im just heading out to goodna now... saw a large raincloud pass over archerfield....30mins later...looks like its developed into a storm which hit the redland bay area....
Looking a little dark towards the west again...

[dancingmongoose]

Woolloongabba - Quite heavy, been off and on for the past hour or so, starting to become more consistent and heavier in the past few minutes.

Of course it's nearly peak hour

Network going down in 3... 2... 1...

[bcasey]

Its currently heavy over Milton, so I guess I will be staying at work a little bit longer tonight.

[ozbob]

BOM 4.54pm  http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml  rain is moving west to east ..

[darthcaligula666]

no torrent of water flowing down the post office square staircase/water feature yet. adelaide street gutters looking pretty full. lets hope the trains dont go down tonight; last time when we had the hail it took about 5 and a half hours to get home...

[ozbob]

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20041.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for DAMAGING WIND, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in the
Darling Downs and Granite Belt,
Southeast Coast and parts of the
Wide Bay and Burnett and
Maranoa and Warrego Forecast Districts.

Issued at 1:42 pm Tuesday, 9 December 2014.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Dalby, Maroochydore, Roma, Kingaroy, Stanthorpe and Goondiwindi.

[techblitz]

Gold coast is getting hammered..some big ones hitting down at the tweed...

[SurfRail]

Chez Surfrail is still upright.  Always seem to miss the worst of it wherever I have lived.

[ozbob]

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for DAMAGING WIND, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in parts of the
Southern Downs Council Area.

Issued at 10:52 am Thursday, 11 December 2014.

Severe thunderstorms to the west of Stanthorpe are moving towards the east. They are forecast to affect Applethorpe and the area between Stanthorpe and Warwick by 11:25 am and Stanthorpe by 11:55 am.

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services 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.

The next warning is due to be issued by 11:55 am.

A more general severe thunderstorm warning is also current for the Darling Downs and Granite Belt and parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Maranoa and Warrego and Southeast Coast districts.

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A good day to go home early folks ..

[ozbob]

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South Brisbane Storms
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" Today and tomorrow could produce some of the most severe weather we have seen this season so far for some areas.. If you have travel or outdoor plans, please take particular notice to any warnings issued by the BOM  ... "

[ozbob]

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BOM 1.24pm

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml



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