Category Archives: Floods

January 2009

Lightning North of Tamworth, NSW - January 24th 2009. Photo: Rhett Blanch
Early January saw the severe weather just keep coming in Queensland with storms and floods.  Meanwhile in SE Australia it was either cold, with record breaking cool temperatures in Victoria, or hot which is more to be expected at this time of year.

1st January [...]

December 2008

Isolated thunderstorm West of Tamworth, NSW - 26th December 2008. Photo: Rhett Blanch
The great or bad (depending on your perpective) storm season in North East NSW and South East Queensland continued into December.  A low pressure system in the South East brought the challenging conditions with strong winds and flooding in Victoria.

3rd December 2008 - [...]

November 2008

The storm season kicked into full gear in November with a series of devastating storms hitting South East Queensland, and significant events in other areas:
Early November Storms

2nd November 2008 - Adelaide, NSW - Tim Thorpe
4th November 2008 - Brisbane, QLD - Marty Pouwelse
7th November 2008 - Adelaide, SA - Tim Thorpe
8th November 2008 - Brisbane, [...]

Winter 2008

There were a few notable cold outbreaks this Winter with plenty of snow on offer for the snow chasers.  Guyra, NSW must do good business from its regular mid winter visitors from SE Queensland and the Northern Rivers.

Winter 2008 - Victoria - Jane ONeill
27 - 29th August 2008 - SE QLD/NE NSW Storms - Michael [...]

Lismore Flood History

Michael Bath has put together an amazingly detailed report of the history of flooding in Lismore going back to 1917.  Included are synoptic maps, rainfall data, and for recent events, satellite imagery.  Fantastic stuff.

Storms and Flooding Rains - Mid December 2007 - End January 2008

Photo: Rhett Blanch
The drought has come to a sudden end in a number of places in Eastern Australia with heavy rain and major flooding. Storms were a little less frequent than in early December, but nonetheless there have been some amazing reports produced:

New 31 January 2008 - SW Sydney, NSW - James Harris
New 31 January [...]