Nine injured as hail hits school fair, thousands lose power in SEQ storms

Angus Hines, the Met Office’s meteorologist, previously said severe storms could bring “a range of weather hazards, including heavy and intense rainfall that could lead to flash flooding, destructive winds that could cause damage and large to giant hail”.

“As far as wind goes, there’s even a chance we could see a tornado or two later today with the heaviest, most severe storm cells,” Hines said.

BOM warned residents to be wary of potentially strong winds that could knock down branches and entire trees.

“These trees, of course, can fall on cars, they can fall on homes, they can cause property damage,” Hines said.

“We could also see hazardous travel conditions, flooded roads and possible isolation of streets and places if heavy rain closes several roads.”

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The threat of a new severe weather event has been increasing all week, following the devastating storm that hit parts of south-east Queensland last Sunday.

Saturday’s storms could continue into the night and potentially into early Sunday morning in some areas, Hines said.

The risk of rain and storms will remain for the remainder of the weekend, but it was not forecast to be as heavy as on Saturday.

“It will be a very active weekend when it comes to thunderstorms, but Saturday is the key day due to the extensive, potentially severe outbreak and highly hazardous weather conditions.”

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