Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales
This Flood Watch provides early advice of possible flooding within the specified catchments.
Flood Watch For Parts Of The Hawkesbury Nepean Valley And New South Wales South Coast
Issued at 12:22 PM EST on Saturday 11 May 2024
Flood Watch Number: 2
MINOR FLOODING WITH ISOLATED MODERATE FLOODING POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF THE HAWKESBURY NEPEAN VALLEY AND SOUTH COAST FROM LATE SATURDAY
Persistent coastal showers are forecast along much of the east coast throughout Saturday and into Sunday as an upper trough brings widespread rain and thunderstorms across much of New South Wales. The heaviest rainfall is expected along the South Coast. This rainfall may cause minor flooding with isolated moderate flooding in parts of the Hawkesbury Nepean Valley, St Georges Basin, Bega and Moruya catchments.
Catchment are relatively wet along much of the NSW coast due to rainfall and isolated flooding in recent weeks.
The weather system may cause flooding for the catchments listed from late Saturday. Flood Classes (minor, moderate, major) are only defined for catchments where the Bureau provides a flood warning service.
Catchments likely to be affected include:
Hawkesbury and Lower Nepean Rivers
Upper Coxs River
Colo River
St Georges Basin
Clyde River
Moruya and Deua Rivers
Bega River
For the latest flood and weather warnings see www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/
For the latest rainfall and weather forecasts see www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/
For the latest rainfall and river level information see www.bom.gov.au/nsw/flood
Flood Safety Advice:
FloodSafe advice is available at www.ses.nsw.gov.au
For emergency assistance call the SES on telephone number 132 500
For life threatening emergencies, call 000 immediately
This Flood Watch means that people living or working along rivers and streams must monitor the latest weather forecasts and warnings and be ready to move to higher ground should flooding develop.
Flood Warnings will be issued if Minor Flood Level is expected to be exceeded at key sites along the main rivers for which the Bureau of Meteorology provides a flood warning service.
Severe Weather Warnings will be issued or updated if very heavy rain is forecast or observed.
For more information on the Flood Watch Service: http://www.bom.gov.au/water/floods/floodWarningServices.shtml}
Next issue:
The next Flood Watch will be issued by 02:00 pm EST on Sunday 12 May 2024.
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Today: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds E 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures between 12 and 17.
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Sunrise / Sunset for Cooyal (32.4504°S, 149.7573°E, 533m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 6:15am EST 6:41am EST 5:14pm EST 5:40pm EST 9:58am EST 7:39pm EST Waxing crescent First quarter May 15 Full moon May 23 Last quarter May 31 New moon Jun 06 -
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