Severe weather patterns that dumped more than 100 millimetres of rain in central Queensland are tipped to continue their journey south, bringing an increasing chance of showers and storms to start the week.
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Severe thunderstorm warnings for Gympie and the northern Sunshine Coast issued on Sunday afternoon were cancelled by 6.45pm but wild weather was expected to come and go throughout the night.
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Michelle Berry said the chance of showers and storms in south-east Queensland was like to increase into Monday, with more storm warnings possible on the Sunshine Coast.
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Severe storms are heading for south-east Queensland with the Bureau of Meteorology warning of heavy rain, large hailstones and flash flooding.
The extreme weather was moving in a south-easterly direction towards Gympie just after 3pm and pushing toward the west of the Sunshine Coast hinterland by 4pm.
Severe thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and large hail possible are currently over the Sunshine Coast hinterland. 56mm in an hour at Borumba Dam. Monitor latest warnings at: https://t.co/2ZlperCJeW pic.twitter.com/MPA54iz1cq??? Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland (@BOM_Qld) December 3, 2017
More than 100 millimetres of rain has been recorded near Rockhampton and hail in excess of two centimetres has been reported near Gympie.
BoM meteorologist Michelle Berry said the storms were expected to move down the coast, affecting the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay region and parts of northern Brisbane during Sunday evening.
Flash flooding in Rockhampton from a severe storm which is sitting over the area. Local reports of more than 100mm have come in! Image credit: Makhala SwinsonPosted by Thomas Hinterdorfer: Extreme Weather Chaser on Saturday, 2 December 2017
For inner Brisbane and the southern suburbs, Ms Berry said the wild weather was forecast to reach them overnight and into Monday.
A more general severe thunderstorm warning was also issued the Capricornia and parts of the Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast districts.
