Overview
- A slow‑moving severe thunderstorm dumped extraordinary rain across south‑east Queensland, with some gauges recording about 240–340 millimetres in short periods and pockets of Morayfield, Caboolture and Burpengary receiving more than 250 millimetres in 24 hours.
- Roads and dozens of schools were closed and local authorities issued 'prepare to leave' warnings for low‑lying suburbs such as Burpengary after flash flooding inundated streets, shopping centres and creek systems.
- Emergency services logged hundreds of call‑outs and carried out multiple swift‑water and vehicle rescues, while several people were pulled from floodwaters by members of the public before crews arrived.
- Flood warnings and minor to moderate riverine flooding remained in effect on Friday morning as the heaviest rain eased, with the Bureau warning showers and isolated heavy storms could continue over the weekend.
- The Bureau said a Tasman Sea blocking high directed humid easterlies into surface and upper troughs to create the event and warned that the same pattern could favour renewed severe or supercell storms early next week, so residents should avoid floodwater and heed local alerts.