Thunderstorm Tracker - Southeast Queensland Pilot

Current Tracking Description

At 6:00 pm, thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near Brisbane Northern suburbs, Albany Creek, Murphy's Creek, waters off Tweed Heads, the area south of the NSW border, Little Nerang Dam, the NSW border and Murwillumbah(NSW). They are forecast to affect Beaudesert, Strathpine and the area north of Toowoomba by 6:15 pm and Beenleigh, Kallangur and Narangba by 6:30 pm.

Current Tracking Display

Thunderstorm Tracker Image

Storm Cell
Tracked Thunderstorms
Storm Direction
Estimated storm movement and
positions at 10, 20 and 30 minutes

Brisbane Radar

The Bureau of Meteorology constantly monitors all of its radars to detect thunderstorms. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings will be issued if the storms are expected to produce any of the following:

  • Damaging wind gusts (90 km/h or more)
  • Large hail (2cm diameter or more)
  • Very heavy rainfall (conducive to flash flooding)
  • Tornadoes

Note: All thunderstorms generally produce lightning, and many produce gusty winds, brief heavy showers and hail.

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