Residents in Sydney, Brisbane, and surrounding communities have been alerted to prepare for severe thunderstorms expected on Tuesday evening. The Bureau of Meteorology issued warnings for southeast Queensland around 4:40 p.m. and for the Sydney area around 6:20 p.m.
Southeast Queenslanders are advised to brace for damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and the possibility of very large hailstones. Meanwhile, Sydneysiders have been cautioned about heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding. Other wider areas of New South Wales have been warned about large hailstones.
The Bureau indicated that an unstable weather environment is creating conditions conducive to the rapid development of severe thunderstorms across eastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland. The affected regions in New South Wales include the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, and parts of the Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Northern Tablelands, South Coast, Central West Slopes and Plains, and the Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts.
