Severe storms menace Brisbane bringing torrential rain and hail
Brisbane and south-east Queensland have been lashed by heavy storms, with some areas recording up to 54 mm of rain in an hour and 3cm hail reported in Toowoomba.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning at 3:00 pm of severe storms bringing possible flash flooding, damaging winds and large hailstones.
It said severe thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near the Brisbane CBD, Strathpine, Redcliffe, northern Bribie Island, the area northeast of Kingaroy and the area northwest of Toowoomba.
They are forecast to affect Toowoomba, the area southwest of Gympie and the ranges between Gympie and Murgon by 3:30 pm and Logan Central, Cleveland and Gympie by 4:00 pm.
A line of storms it inner Brisbane suburbs at around 2.45pm, with 46mm of rain recorded in 30 minutes at Mt Coot-tha.
Elsewhere, 54mm was recorded in an hour at Mount Tamborine, while 2-3cm hailstones were seen at the Toowoomba suburb of Highfields and 5cm hailstones were observed at Kingsthorpe.
