Source: Bureau of Meteorology

For people in parts of Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, North West, Wide Bay and Burnett, Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast Districts.

Issued at 6:36 pm Sunday, 2 November 2025.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GIANT HAIL AND POSSIBLE INTENSE RAINFALL THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND.

Weather Situation: Moisture and deep instability along and to the east of a surface trough is promoting the development of severe thunderstorm activity this afternoon.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds over the next several hours in parts of the Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders and North West districts. Locations which may be affected include Julia Creek, Kamilaroi Station, Augustus Downs Station, Donors Hill Station, Gregory Downs Station, Iffley and Cloney's Creek.

VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS are likely to produce large, possibly giant hailstones, damaging, locally destructive winds and heavy, locally intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the Wide Bay and Burnett, Southeast Coast and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. Locations which may be affected include Brisbane, Kingaroy, Ipswich, Redcliffe, Lowood, Nanango, Caboolture, Esk and Kilcoy.

Severe thunderstorms are no longer occurring in the Central Highlands and Coalfields and Capricornia districts and the warning for these districts is CANCELLED.

7 CM HAIL REPORTED AT YARRAMAN AT 5:40 PM.

8 CM HAIL REPORTED AT GOOGA CREEK AT 5:15PM

104 km/h wind gust was recorded at Cloncurry Airport at 03:23 pm.