Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall events battered southeast Queensland and coastal New South Wales in late May and early June, triggering flood watches across multiple catchments and prompting the Bureau of Meteorology to issue simultaneous warnings covering Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania.
Brisbane received 43 millimetres of rain by 8:30am on one Thursday morning, temporarily cutting multiple roads across the city's south and west. At Bungil Creek near Roma, 88 millimetres fell in a single event; Rosewood recorded 68 millimetres.
Flood watches were issued for the Hunter River catchment and the mid-north coast of New South Wales, with river levels rising faster than anticipated in some tributary streams.
Severe thunderstorm warnings covered the Brisbane area, the southeast coast, Darling Downs, and Wide Bay and Burnett regions. The BOM described the events as 'unseasonal thunderstorms,' noting that June is normally a relatively dry month in southeast Queensland.
Separately, flood watches were also issued for the Greenough, Murchison, and Wooramel catchments in inland Western Australia around June 11, as moisture from the 'bombing low' weather system that had struck the southwest coast tracked inland.
No major loss of life was reported across the affected regions, though isolated road closures and property inundation occurred in several Queensland local government areas.
