Flood warnings on horizon for Burnett region as Mundubbera records wettest day in 111 years

Parts of the North and South Burnett regions have been pelted with two or three times their average totals, as warnings of powerful storms and possible flooding are issued.

A North Burnett town has recorded its wettest day in more than a century, with more storms forecast to batter the already drenched region next week.

Meteorologist Peter Claassen said many southern Queensland locations received record rainfall over the past month.

“Either rainfall was in the top 10 per centor the highest on record throughout the North and South Burnett region,” Mr Claassen said.

“Mundubbera had the highest November daily rainfall since records began 111 years ago at 118mm, which was recorded on November 12.

“The previous highest was 117 millimetres in 2012.”

Kingaroy airport, which typically receives about 50-100 mm of rain in November, was drenched in 244mm.

“Most locations were receiving between 200 and 300mm, so double or triple the Novembers averages through much of the region,” he said.

“Gayndah was three and a half times the average with 222mm. They usually average around 60mm for the month, so that’s quite a big jump.

The North and South Burnett regions are expected to be mostly sunny and hot throughout Saturday, reaching 31 or 32 degrees, with the potential for late storms.

“Sunday we start to see those showers and storms push a bit further northward, so we will see showers and storms across the region,” Mr Claassen said.

“We could see some isolated totals around 30mm, but it‘s going to be very hit and miss and most locations will receive under 10mm.”

“Next week however, we'll see another trough coming across and likely a lot more widespread showers and thunderstorms from mid to late next week.”

Mr Claassen said the North and South of the region will likely experience some renewed flood warnings toward the end of next week.