NSW Severe Weather Warning
IDN28500
Severe Weather Warning
for destructive winds, damaging winds, heavy rain, abnormally high tides and damaging surf
for people in the Metropolitan, Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast,
Hunter, Northern Tablelands, Illawarra and Central Tablelands forecast
districts
Issued at 4:14 pm EDT on Sunday 27 January 2013.
VERY HEAVY RAIN, DAMAGING WINDS AND SURF OVER NORTHEASTERN NSW.
Weather Situation
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald currently located over southern Queensland
expected to move rapidly south through eastern New South Wales on Monday
to be near Sydney around midnight on Monday.
Abnormally high
tides which may cause sea water flooding of low lying areas and very
heavy surf which may lead to localised damage and coastal erosion are
forecast for the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast expected to extend
to Hunter, Metropolitan and Illawarra forecast districts during Monday.
Beach conditions in these areas will be dangerous and people should stay
well away from the surf and surf exposed areas.
Destructive
winds around 80 km/h with peak gusts of 140 km/h are forecast for parts
of the Northern Rivers forecast district. Destructive winds are expected
to ease gradually during Monday morning.
Damaging winds around
60 km/h with peak gusts of 100 km/h are forecast for Mid North Coast
and Northern Tablelands expected to extend to Metropolitan and Hunter
forecast districts during Monday.
Heavy rain which may lead to
flash flooding is falling in Northern Rivers, Northern Tablelands, Mid
North Coast districts and is forecast to extend to the Hunter overnight
and to the Metropolitan, Central Tablelands and Illawarra forecast
districts by Monday afternoon.
Heavy rain is expected to ease in the Northern River district during Monday morning and in Mid-North cost in the afternoon.
Since 9am Sunday 99 mm has been recorded at Hopkins Ck (near Mullumbimby), 70 mm in Coffs Harbour and Comboyne.
Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr
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