Slow moving storm dumps 65mm in an hour

The weekend has started off with a bang for parts of southeast Queensland, with a slow-moving storm bringing in some heavy rainfall.

SOUTHEAST Queensland residents have woken to storms on Saturday, as a slow-moving system moved across the region.

Brisbane residents received a severe thunderstorm warning about 4am, but by that stage heavy rain had already fallen to the west.

Bundamba, in Ipswich, received 65mm in the hour leading to 3.30am.

While the severe storm warning was cancelled about 7am, earlier, the storm was detected near Lowood, Fernvale, Mount Nebo, the D’Aguilar Ranges and Rosewood, with several centres, including Esk, Hatton Vale, Lake Wivenhoe, Laidley and Gatton, all in the firing line.

The stormy start comes after an uncomfortable working week for the southeast, with humidity reaching as high as 92 per cent on the Sunshine Coast - higher than the notoriously humid Singapore.