THE Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Victoria, with heavy rain, hailstones and damaging winds likely to cause chaos across the state.
An earlier tornado warning was revoked, but the state is still expected to cop another drenching in what has been a day of weather extremes.
The heavy rainfall brought Oaks Day at Flemington to a standstill as racegoers copped a severe drenching around 2.30pm, forcing organisers forced to delay Race 5.
In Melbourne’s CBD, shoppers ran for cover as heavy rain drenched Melbourne’s CBD, bringing damaging rains and large hailstones.
Funnel clouds, which may turn into a tornado, were reported over Melbourne Airport, Craigieburn and St Albans, but the threat has now subsided.
A severe thunderstorm warning is now place across the state, with fears that damaging winds and heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones.
The Bureau of Meteorology says areas affected may include Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton, Wangaratta and Traralgon.
A severe thunderstorm warning wasin place for residents in Melbourne’s south-east — including the suburbs of Beaconsfield, Berwick and Cranbourne —
which is expected to cop a battering around 4pm.
Areas likely to be affected include
The SES has advised residents to keep clear of fallen power lines, secure loose objects around their homes and to stay indoors if possible.
The low, which has been sitting over South Australia for the past two days, is now moving east bringing the intense weather to Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Tasmania.
Parts of South Australia saw some of the heaviest rainfall in years, also large hail and severe thunderstorms that delivered wild winds and even tornadoes late yesterday.
In NSW a warning for severe thunderstorms has been issued for the Central West Slopes and Plains and parts of the North West Slopes and Plains and Upper Western Forecast Districts.
The weather bureau told News Corp Australia there’s the chance some of these storms could be super cell storms that can produce very dangerous conditions including destructive winds, huge hail and tornadoes.
Most of the state is expected to see storms at some stage during the day with Sydney likely to cop the worst of it later today or tonight.
The bureau says although the chance of a super cell moving in to the capital is small, it can’t be ruled out.
The conditions will be monitored closely and further warnings are expected to be issued as the weather deteriorates later today.
In Victoria a number of warnings have also been issued as the weather event moves in from the west.
At 2pm a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for people in the Central, Northern Country, North Central, North East and parts of the Mallee, South West, West and South Gippsland and Wimmera Forecast Districts, including Melbourne
Destructive winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, large hailstones and tornadoes are likely.
For people in the Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central, North East and South West districts, the Weather Bureau has warned of very heavy rainfall.
They say thunderstorms and heavy rain may lead to flash flooding across the area.
“There could be severe thunderstorms, particularly as it’s such a humid air mass,” Senior forecaster Richard Carlyon told the ABC.
“If the storms are slow moving there is a chance we could see some flash flooding, but if the storms get organised we could also see some large hail and damaging winds.”
Residents in areas recently affected by bushfires should also be alert to the potential for landslide and debris across roads.
A number of flood warnings are in place for inland areas of Queensland following recent heavy rain and the potential of more in the coming days.
The weather bureau has issued a minor flood warning for the Jordan and Alice Rivers and is expecting severe conditions to develop again later today in inland and south eastern areas of the state.
Super cell thunderstorms could form in the North West, Northern Goldfields, Maranoa and Warrego, Darling Downs and Granite Belt forecast districts later today.
Brisbane will see showers develop, with the chance of storms, some which may be severe.
The weather system is also blasting the very northern part of Tasmania with a severe weather warning issued for damaging winds for people in the Furneaux Islands forecast district.
The bulk of the severe weather is expected to move east and clear out of the south east of the country by the end of the weekend.
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