Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Issued at 12:50 pm EST on Friday 12 July 2024

By the Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart.

Flood Watch Number: 1

MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH, NORTH EAST, HUON, DERWENT AND SOUTH EAST CATCHMENTS FROM MONDAY

A low pressure system approaches the east of Tasmania during Sunday, which is expected to intensify and bring rain to the North, North East, Huon, Derwent and South East catchments from late Sunday.

Catchments in the Flood Watch area are relatively wet.

Widespread rainfall totals of 20 to 50 mm are forecast over the Flood Watch area from late Sunday into Monday, with isolated totals of 80 to 100 mm possible. Further rainfall totals of 25 to 35 mm are possible across parts of Flood Watch area during Tuesday.

Minor flooding may develop across the Flood Watch area from early Monday morning.

Catchments likely to be affected include:

South Esk River
Macquarie River
Huon River
Channel Coastal Rivers (South East Cape to Gordon)
Derwent River
Jordan River
Coal River
East Coastal Rivers (south of Bicheno)
South East

Note: This Flood Watch is a "heads up" for possible future flooding and is NOT a Flood Warning. The Bureau of Meteorology does not provide a flood warning service for all of the catchments covered by this flood watch. For more information on the Flood Watch Service: http://www.bom.gov.au/water/floods/floodWarningServices.shtml

For the latest warnings see www.bom.gov.au/tas/warnings

For the latest rainfall and river level information see www.bom.gov.au/tas/flood

For the latest weather forecast see www.bom.gov.au/tas/forecasts

Flood Safety Advice:
SES flood warnings can be found at TasALERT.com

Flood and storm safety advice is available at www.ses.tas.gov.au

Road closure information is available at www.police.tas.gov.au

For emergency assistance call the SES on telephone number 132 500.

For life threatening situations, call 000 immediately.

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