Source: Bureau of Meteorology

For people in Capricornia and parts of Central Highlands and Coalfields and Wide Bay and Burnett Forecast Districts.

Issued at 10:02 pm Tuesday, 26 December 2023.

Severe thunderstorms continuing about the central Queensland

Weather Situation: An upper trough traversing across southern Queensland is combining with a very moist and unstable air mass to enhance the risk of severe thunderstorms this evening.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Gladstone, Emerald, Rockhampton, Clermont, Calliope and Mount Morgan.

Severe thunderstorms are no longer occurring in the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays and Southeast Coast districts and the warning for these districts is CANCELLED.

100 km/h wind gust recorded at Gympie at 2:34 pm.

96 km/h wind gust recorded at Blackwater at 6:57 pm.

Large hail observed at Zillmere, estimated around 3.5 cm.

85 mm of rainfall recorded in the 2 hours to 6:30 pm at Brisbane City.

83 mm of rainfall recorded in the 2 hours to 6:30 pm at Camp Hill Alert.

82 mm of rainfall recorded in the 2 hours to 6:30 pm at East Brisbane.

62 mm of rainfall recorded in the 1 hour to 4:30 pm at Jindalee Alert.

60 mm of rainfall recorded in the 1 hour to 4:30 pm at Pullenvale Alert.

Emergency services advise people to:
* Park your car undercover away from trees.
* Close doors and windows.
* Keep asthma medications close by. Storms and wind can trigger asthma attacks.
* Charge mobile phones and power banks in case the power goes out.
* Put your pets somewhere safe and make sure they can be identified in case they get lost.
* Do not drive now unless you have to because conditions are dangerous.
* Tell friends, family and neighbours in the area.
* Go inside a strong building now. Stay inside until the storm has passed.