Qld weather: Where the rain fell during deadly overnight deluge
This is how the deadly, slow-moving storm system that dumped 150mm on parts of South East Qld in just hours overnight unfolded.
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A man has died in floodwaters and several roads have been cut after more than 150mm of rain fell over South East Queensland on Wednesday night.
The mammoth, slow-moving storm cell system swept east across the Scenic Rim, South Brisbane and parts of the Gold Coast dumping huge isolated rainfall totals in excess of 100mm within just two hours.
According to Weatherzone, severe storms were the result of an upper-level low pressure system that developed off the Great Australian Bight.
Storm activity is expected to further deepen today and over the weekend with another 200mm forecast to fall across southern parts of the state as storm cells clash with a coastal trough and cross into New South Wales.
HOW THE NIGHT UNFOLDED
The Bureau of Meteorology issued its first warning for the severe thunderstorm cells about 6.30pm on Wednesday as heavy rainfall closed in on Boonah.
The alert said storms were moving slowly northeast towards Beaudesert.
A second alert was issued shortly before 9pm, with the Bureau warning a “very dangerous thunderstorm” with intense rainfall and possible life-threatening flash flooding was heading towards Bundamba Lagoon and Greenbank.
By 9.20pm, the Bureau announced the dangerous storm cells had begun to cause life-threatening flash flooding at Greenbank and Redbank Plains.
The storm was last tracked moving towards Logan, Woodridge, Sunnybank Hills, Wacol and Archerfield.
Astounding hourly rainfall totals were recorded in the Scenic Rim, with the Jingle Downs weather station copping 108mm between 8-9pm, while another 87mm fell at Springfield Lakes, 71mm at Kalbar and 81mm at Coulson Crossing.
Rainfall totals reached 154mm at Greenbank by 9am on Thursday, closely followed by a 153mm 24-hour total at Jingle Downs.
Coulson, west of Beaudesert, recorded 122mm, Lyons 123mm and Goolman 88mm.
In Ipswich, Mount Marrow recorded 105mm, Springfield Lakes received 103mm, Bellbird Park 76mm and South Ripley 96mm.
Between 2am and 8.30am on Thursday, 91mm of rainfall was recorded at Old Tambo Rd, 78mm at Cooks Tank and 71mm at Augathella.
At 5.30am on Thursday a car was swept away in floodwaters along Begley Rd, Greenbank.
The driver, 71-year-old Peter Wells, was found dead after the car washed up on a private property a short distance from his home.
⛈ï¸Thunderstorm forecast for today (4/04): Severe thunderstorm with localised heavy rainfall that may lead to flash are possible over a much of the Darling Downs & Granite Belt and Maranoa & Warrego districts. Latest warnings:https://t.co/ae0DUIOTr5pic.twitter.com/UanmhysJ0l
— Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland (@BOM_Qld) April 4, 2024
The Bureau issued several flood warnings on Thursday morning following the overnight deluge. A major flood warning for the Lower Brisbane and Bremer Rivers remains active with flooding recorded at Warrill Creek.
Severe storm activity continues over parts of the Central West, Maranoa and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite Belt forecast districts.
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