Swiftwater rescue crews pluck man out of swollen Condamine River

A man has been rescued after becoming trapped caught in rapidly rising floodwaters on the Darling Downs, being treated for hypothermia after he was found hanging onto a tree 30 metres downstream.

A man has been rescued from his car in floodwaters by a swift water rescue team on the Darling Downs on Tuesday night.

The 46-year-old man was treated for hypothermia by the Queensland Ambulance Service.

Crews were called to a bridge on Ryeford Pratten Rd that spans the Condamine River just after 6.30pm on Tuesday night.

Four swift water rescue teams assisted in the rescue, with crews knee-deep in water.

Emergency services had trouble locating the man, hearing voices at around 7.30pm but only gaining a visual of him an hour later at around 8.30pm, where he was found hanging onto a tree 30 metres downstream.

By 8.55pm the man was on dry land and was transported to Warwick Hospital in a stable condition.

It is unclear at this stage how the man became trapped in the floodwaters.