ALL HAIL SPRING AS MORE STORMS TIPPED FOR COAST
GOLD Coasters should brace for more spring storms after parts of the region were hit with so much hail it looked like it had snowed.
Meterologist Harry Clarke said the weather system that caused Wednesday’s hailstorm would linger until late tomorrow.
“Heavy thunderstorm activity pushed through (on Wednesday) afternoon around the western area of southeast Queensland, near Beaudesert and the Border Ranges,” Mr Clarke said.
“It then pushed forward to the northeast, near Oxenford and South Stradbroke. There were reports of medium sized hail around 2-3cm at Kooralbyn.’’
Heavy rainfall was recorded at Norwell with 48mm, and Pacific Pines where 28mm fell.
“The weather system that caused the storm will linger until late Saturday with a high chance of thunderstorm activity. There is a chance that some of those could be as severe as last night where we saw warnings issued,” Mr Clarke said. “The main risk will be large hail and damaging winds.”
The Bureau of Meteorology urged people to keep an eye on its wesite’s weather radar for the rest of the week.