Warnings

Flood Watch For The Gulf Country, Parts Of Central South Queensland And The Burdekin River Tue 25 Mar 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland
This Flood Watch provides early advice of possible flooding within the specified catchments.
  
Flood Watch For The Gulf Country, Parts Of Central South Queensland And The Burdekin River 
Issued at 01:50 PM EST on Tuesday 25 March 2025
Flood Watch Number: 4
WIDESPREAD MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING EXPECTED AND ISOLATED MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS

A trough in western Queensland is drawing deep moisture inland. Widespread showers and storms with areas of heavy rainfall are likely. This rainfall is likely to continue across the Flood Watch area for the next few days.
Catchments within the Flood Watch area are becoming wet with recent rainfall.
Widespread showers and storms are expected to continue for the next few days. Further areas of widespread rainfall with locally heavy falls are possible, which could lead to localised flooding.
 A Severe Weather Warning for heavy rainfall is current for large parts of the Flood Watch area.
River level rises and minor to moderate flooding are expected across parts of the Flood Watch area during this week, with isolated major flooding likely.

Catchments likely to be affected include:
Settlement Creek
Nicholson River
Leichhardt River
Norman River
Gilbert River
Belyando and Suttor Rivers to Burdekin Falls Dam
Cape River to Burdekin Falls Dam
Burdekin River to Burdekin Falls Dam
Burdekin River downstream of Burdekin Falls Dam
Warrego River (QLD)
Paroo River (QLD)
Upper Flinders River
Cloncurry River
Lower Flinders River
Georgina River and Eyre Creek

Flood warnings are current for the following catchments: Bulloo, Diamantina, Thomson, Barcoo, Cooper, Eyre Creek, Georgina, Flinders, Cloncurry, Herbert, Ross, Bohle, and Haughton.

See www.bom.gov.au/qld/warnings to view the current flood, weather and cyclone products for Queensland.
 For more information on the Flood Watch Service: http://www.bom.gov.au/water/floods/floodWarningServices.html

Flood Safety Advice:
For flood emergency assistance contact the SES on 132 500.
 For life threatening emergencies, call Triple Zero (000) immediately.
 Current emergency information is available at www.qld.gov.au/alerts.
 This advice is also available by dialling 1300 659 219 at a low call cost of 27.5 cents, more from mobile, public and satellite phones.
 Warning, rainfall and river information are available at www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/
 This Flood Watch means that people living or working along rivers and creeks should monitor the latest weather forecasts and warnings.
 Remember: If it's flooded, forget it.}

Next issue:
The next Flood Watch will be issued by 02:00 pm EST on Wednesday 26 March 2025.