Weather Warnings - Flood Warning - Condamine-Balonne Rivers
Minor Flood Warning for Charleys Creek
Issued at 8:58 am EST on Tuesday 27 February 2018
Flood Warning Number: 8
A minor flood peak was recorded overnight Monday into Tuesday at Chinchilla and
creek levels are now starting to fall.
Rainfall totals of 20-30 mm were recorded in the area during Monday evening,
associated with storms.
Charleys Creek:
Minor flood levels are falling along Charleys Creek at Burncluith Bridge and
Chinchilla.
Charleys Creek at Chinchilla peaked at 4.67 metres around 11:00 pm Monday 26
February and is currently at 4.47 metres and steady. Creek levels at Chinchilla
are likely to fall below the minor flood level (4.00 m) during Wednesday.
Flood Safety Advice:
Remember: If it's flooded, forget it. For flood emergency assistance contact
the SES on 132 500. For life threatening emergencies, call Triple Zero (000)
immediately.
Current emergency information is available at www.qld.gov.au/alerts
Next issue:
The next warning will be issued by 04:00 pm EST on Tuesday 27 February 2018.
Latest River Heights:
Condamine R at Chinchilla Weir TW TM, 3.708, Steady, 08:00 AM TUE 27/02/18
Charleys Ck at Burncluith Bridge Alert, 2.73, Falling, 08:43 AM TUE 27/02/18
Charleys Creek at Chinchilla Alert, 4.47, Steady, 08:42 AM TUE 27/02/18
Condamine R at Cotswold TM, 4.949, Steady, 08:00 AM TUE 27/02/18
Dogwood Ck at Miles Alert, 1.1, Falling, 06:45 AM TUE 27/02/18
Balonne R at Warkon, 5.1, Rising, 09:00 AM TUE 27/02/18
Bungil Ck at Roma TM, 2.07, Steady, 08:00 AM TUE 27/02/18
Balonne R at Surat (manual), Not Available
This advice is also available by dialling 1300 659 219. Warning, rainfall and
river information are available at www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood. The latest weather
forecast is available at www.bom.gov.au/qld/forecasts.
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