Bands of heavy rain and thundery downpours have pushed across South Australia, causing areas of flash flooding from the interior into the southeast. Moisture is being drawn from the warm waters of the Indian Ocean right down to southern Australia, causing widespread rain. This is being amplified by cold air in the upper atmosphere, which is leading to unstable conditions, triggering severe storms. Leigh Creek has been hit particularly hard with severe storms leading to flash flooding and gusty winds. They saw as much as 7mm in ten minutes and gusts to 72km/h. So far since 9am they have seen more rain in the last 24 hours than ever recorded for the total month of September, picking up 68mm. Most areas around Adelaide have seen 25 to 35mm from 9am to 5pm and the rain is continuing to fall. The city itself has seen 25mm so far making it the third wettest day this year. The rain will continue to spread east over the next 24 to 48 hours, bringing heavy rain to much of Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The winds will intensify tonight as a low slips from the interior into the Bight. This will send strong to gale force winds right across the southeast.