Agree, not even that much down here. Nice to see Winton on ABC news though.

The rain is finally here.
Bucketing down for the last half hour

It seems to be fizzling out the more it comes south. Does anyone think it will still pack some punch rain wise when it arrives in NSW?

Well I think we are getting the predicted rain for Longreach/Winton.

I am in Springsure CQ and we had recieved 130mm in 6 hrs from about 7pm tonight. We have had about an hours break and it is raining fairly heavy again now. All the creeks around the town areover which has cut the roads. The cell over us on the radar was just sitting there for hours. Will be interesting to see how much more we get.

we are at 165mm and still raining with plenty more on the radar.

The town has lost a water mains pipe that runs to the other side of town so some people dont have water. That along with a foot bridge has been swept away with the flooded creek.

Not bad totals SS & hope you're staying nicely high & dry. My son drove to Emerald Friday & I warned him of possibility of rain - hoping he can fly out today...

Emerald has had about 8mm I think, its crazy hey! We have had 200mm now over a 12 hr period. I am high and dry but there will be some that are not that lucky. The town is split in 2 and I will be stuck this side for the day I would say. The creeks are roaring

Here's a news article covering some rainfall totals from ABC. Some place copped 200mm. Nice rain indeed. A few more years and no doubt those areas will be begging for rain again as drought once again replaces flood.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-29/severe-storms-lash-central-queensland/3798630

FLOOD WARNING FOR BRADLEY'S GULLY TO CHARLEVILLE AND THE WARREGO RIVER
Issued at 10:00 AM on Tuesday the 31st of January 2012
by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane.



Heavy rainfall of up to 183mm has been recorded overnight in the Ward River
catchment. Major flood levels are expected at Oak Park today. Rainfall of up to
125mm has affected Bradleys Gully catchment. Levels of up to 3 metres are
expected early on Tuesday afternoon in Bradley's Gully at Charleville.

Bradleys Gully:
Heavy rainfall of up to 125mm has been recorded overnight in the Bradley's Gully
catchment. A major flood peak of about 2.5 metres was observed at Raceview at
3am. Levels of up to 3 metres are expected early on Tuesday afternoon in
Charleville. Higher levels are possible if there has been significant unmeasured
rainfall elsewhere in the Gully catchment. The peak level in March 2010 was 4.2
metres.

Ward/Langlo Rivers:
183mm has been recorded at Oak Park in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday. Major flood
levels are expected at Oak Park today. Rises will occur downstream to Binnowee
with moderate flood levels at Binnowee on Wednesday.

Warrego River:
Rainfall upstream of Augathella is expected to result in at least minor flood
levels at Augathella during Tuesday. Moderate flood levels are expected at The
27 Mile Garden on Wednesday. Fast rises are expected at Charleville (Warrego
River) today following heavy overnight rain between 27 Mile Garden and
Charleville with minor flood levels possible.

Forecasts for Bakers Bend and areas downstream will be made as further
information is available.

At Cunnamulla, a moderate flood peak of 7.8 metres is expected today.

This is indeed what has happened. This is, in fact, all one event. What started as a monsoon low dipping down over western Queensland and NSW subsequently turned into a trough system that fed constant moisture into an ongoing upper trough and has now resulted in the present flooding.

This is rather alarming to say the least:

http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65396/IDQ65396.043100.plt.shtml

TS

Yeah St George is in for it for sure

All residents of St George have been advised to evacuate via the Moonie Hwy

http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65396/IDQ65396.043053.plt.shtml

Here she comes

Police have now issued a mandatory evacuation order for St George residents - Sky News.