Cooma, New South Wales, Australia Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Hazardous Surf Warning for Byron Coast, Coffs Coast, Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast

For parts of the HUNTER, MID NORTH COAST and NORTHERN and CENTRAL TABLELANDS: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 55 to 65 km/h, with peak gusts of around 90 km/h, are possible over elevated areas until late Sunday morning. HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is also forecast parts of the Hunter and southern parts of the Mid North Coast. Six-hourly rainfall totals between 40 and 60 mm are likely, with isolated totals up to 70 mm possible about elevated areas. Heavy rainfall is expected to ease by the early hours of Sunday morning.
For AREAS NORTH OF COFFS HARBOUR: Strong southerly winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h, with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS of around 90 km/h, are possible about the coastal fringe between Coffs Harbour and Tweed Heads and elevated parts of the Border Ranges from mid-afternoon on Sunday. Winds are forecast to ease below warning thresholds by late Sunday night.
For the SNOWY MOUNTAINS: Southeasterly DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 100 km/h are possible over alpine areas above 1400 metres until early Sunday morning.
Flood Watches and various Flood Warnings are current for eastern catchments and a Coastal Hazard Warning is also current. Please refer to http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/
Locations which may be affected include Coffs Harbour, Scone, Murwillumbah, Byron Bay, Ballina, Yamba, Woolgoolga, Mullumbimby, Brunswick Heads, Evans Head, Hastings Point, Numinbah and Cabramurra.
104 km/h wind gust was recorded at Norah Head at 6:00 pm.
104 km/h wind gust was recorded at Nobby's Signal Station at 4:19 pm.
96 km/h wind gust was recorded at Kempsey Airport at 2:23 pm.
Sustained 74 km/h winds were recorded at Cabramurra around 8:00 pm, with a 93 km/h wind gust at 7:53pm.
Sustained 70 km/h winds were recorded at Nobby's Signal Station (Newcastle) around 7:00 pm.

For parts of the HUNTER, MID NORTH COAST and NORTHERN and CENTRAL TABLELANDS: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 55 to 65 km/h, with peak gusts of around 90 km/h, are possible over elevated areas until late Sunday morning. HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is also forecast parts of the Hunter and southern parts of the Mid North Coast. Six-hourly rainfall totals between 40 and 60 mm are likely, with isolated totals up to 70 mm possible about elevated areas. Heavy rainfall is expected to ease by the early hours of Sunday morning.
For AREAS NORTH OF COFFS HARBOUR: Strong southerly winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h, with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS of around 90 km/h, are possible about the coastal fringe between Coffs Harbour and Tweed Heads and elevated parts of the Border Ranges from mid-afternoon on Sunday. Winds are forecast to ease below warning thresholds by late Sunday night.
For the SNOWY MOUNTAINS: Southeasterly DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 100 km/h are possible over alpine areas above 1400 metres until early Sunday morning.
Flood Watches and various Flood Warnings are current for eastern catchments and a Coastal Hazard Warning is also current. Please refer to http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/
Locations which may be affected include Coffs Harbour, Scone, Murwillumbah, Byron Bay, Ballina, Yamba, Woolgoolga, Mullumbimby, Brunswick Heads, Evans Head, Hastings Point, Numinbah and Cabramurra.
104 km/h wind gust was recorded at Norah Head at 6:00 pm.
104 km/h wind gust was recorded at Nobby's Signal Station at 4:19 pm.
96 km/h wind gust was recorded at Kempsey Airport at 2:23 pm.
Sustained 74 km/h winds were recorded at Cabramurra around 8:00 pm, with a 93 km/h wind gust at 7:53pm.
Sustained 70 km/h winds were recorded at Nobby's Signal Station (Newcastle) around 7:00 pm.