Intense rainfall as severe storms hit parts of Queensland

Greater Brisbane has dodged the full fury of storm activity, but not before healthy rainfall was registered across the southeast.

Severe storm warnings for southern Queensland have turned out to be a damp squib... very damp.

A severe storm warning for the Gympie-Murgon region has been cancelled, after earlier storm warnings for the Greater Brisbane area failed to produce anything but healthy rainfall.

Three areas received over 80mm in an hour.

Amberley in Ipswich copped 88mm, Linville in Somerset had 87mm and Beaudesert had 83mm, with all areas ending up with around 100mm for the day.

There also were falls of 57mm near Laidley and 68mm at Highfields, north of Toowoomba.

Felton-Clifton Rd was flooded near Toowoomba as the storm passed through about 5pm.

Top southeast rain totals from 9am this morning.

Amberley 111mm

Jimboomba (Kilmoylar Rd) 103mm

Linville 102

Brassal 101

Beaudesert 98mm

Slow-moving storms west of Brisbane are producing very dangerous conditions, with a warning for the possibility of life-threatening flash flooding.

Heavy falls have been recorded at Biddenham, west of Augathella, which recorded 41mm in 30 minutes, and 46mm in 30 minutes at Mount Pisgah, southwest of Emerald.

It comes as the state’s north continues to be inundated with the remnants of ex-Tropical Cyclone Imogen.

The warning area extends across much of the state.

More than 240mm fell around Ingham in the six hours to 11am, causing the temporary closure of the Bruce Highway to the north and south of the town.

Fourteen flood warnings remain in place across the state.

Earlier today, meteorologist Pieter Claassen said a trough separate to Imogen was moving through the west of the state and would intensify this afternoon.

“We’d be seeing that system make its ways to the southeast corner around the early evening on Wednesday, with thunderstorms possible to follow suit,” Mr Claassen said.

“We could see isolated falls in excess of 60-80mm plus.

Mcilwraith street in Ingham after torrential rain struck the Hinchinbrook Shire on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Cameron Bates

“We should expect those falls to hang around overnight and even early into Thursday, though we shouldn’t expect prolonged thunder activity.”

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