Large parts of South East and Eastern Queensland has experienced significant thunderstorm activity since late December with clean up operations now well under way.
Another burst of rain, storms and flooding impacted the already sodden region Sunday 31 January 2023 and Monday 1 January 2024. This event has lead to renewed flooding and causing further property and infrastructure damage. Some of the rainfall totals are incredible with 24 hour daily totals approaching 400 mm and 500 mm respectively.
This event impacted large areas of Brisbane on the 1 January with the southern suburbs being worst affected. Here rainfall totals exceeded 200 mm at a small number of locations.
Some of the heaviest rainfall totals include:
To 9 am Monday 1 January 2024
Currumbin Creek Alert - 501 mm being the heaviest total.
- Upper Springbrook Alert - 389 mm.
- Springbrook - 351 mm.
- Mt Tamborine - 161 mm.
The highest totals were across the Gold Coast region especially through the hinterland region a few km inland from the coast.
This event spilled over into the adjacent border regions of New South Wales with the following totals being recorded:
- Limpinwood (Bald Mountain) - 307 mm.
- Numinbah - 297 mm.
- Couchy Creek - 281 mm.
- Brays Creeks - 259 mm.
A separate area of heavy rainfall impacted Coffs Harbour with falls of 65 to 205 mm falling. The airport weather station recorded 205 mm.
To 9 am Tuesday 2 January 2024
The southern areas of Brisbane were hard hit with falls topping 267 mm around Carbrook and 246 mm around Beenleigh.
The highest totals from the second day of the event in Queensland includes:
- Cedar Creek - 309 mm.
- Mt Tamborine - 252 mm.
The highest totals from the second day of the event in New South Wales includes:
- Numinbah - 236 mm.
- Upper Rouse River - 216 mm.
- Couchy Creek - 211 mm.
It becomes clear that across the 2 days, Numinbah received 533 mm and Couchy Creek received 493 mm. This event has only added to the mounting damage and cleanup bill across the storm affected regions.
Attached to the post are:
- The rainfall totals for Brisbane to 9 am Tuesday morning 2 January 2024.
- The weekly rainfall totals for the affected region to 9 am Friday 5 January 2024. It is shown that weekly cumulative totals approached 600 mm isolated locations.
The feature image is taken at Braidwood New South Wales being a heavy rainstorm / thunderstorm approaching but it is relevant given that the affected region has been hit hard by similar events of recent days.