Weather Warnings - Flood Warning for NSW

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 Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, And North West Slopes In New South Wales
Issued at 01:29 PM EDT on Tuesday 01 April 2025
Flood Watch Number: 2
MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE NORTHERN RIVERS, MID NORTH COAST, AND NORTH WEST SLOPES FROM WEDNESDAY

A trough may extend into the northeast of New South Wales from the middle of the week, bringing moderate to heavy rain to the area. Moderate to heavy rainfall is forecast across the Flood Watch area from Wednesday, with locally heavy rainfall possible. Localised river level rises, and flash flooding are likely within the areas of heaviest rainfall.
Minor flooding is possible for the Wilsons, Bellinger, and Upper Macintyre Rivers. Renewed minor flooding is also possible in the catchments where flood warnings are already current or finalised including the Orara, Clarence and Richmond Rivers and the upper reaches of the Gwydir River.
A Flood Watch is also current for Queensland including the Border Rivers.
Catchments in the Flood Watch area are wet and tides are forecast to be close to or slightly higher than the highest astronomical tide of the year along the coast of the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast.
This weather system has the potential to cause minor flooding in the Flood Watch area from Wednesday. Flood Classes (minor, moderate, major) are only defined for catchments where the Bureau provides a flood warning service.

Catchments likely to be affected include:
Wilsons River
Richmond River
Clarence River
Bellinger and Kalang Rivers
Upper Macintyre River
Gwydir River
Tweed and Rous Rivers
Brunswick River and Marshalls Creek
Orara River
Coffs Coast
Nambucca River

Flooding is no longer expected in Tweed and Rous Rivers, Brunswick River and Marshalls Creek, Coffs Coast and Nambucca River. Flood Warnings are current for the Orara, Namoi, Narran, Birrie, Bokhara, Culgoa, Warrego and Paroo Rivers.

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 EDT on Wednesday 02 April 2025.

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