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.

Final Flood Watch For Parts Of The Sydney Metropolitan Area, Illawarra And South Coast
Issued at 11:37 AM EST on Friday 07 June 2024
Flood Watch Number: 4
ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS IN PARTS OF THE SYDNEY METROPOLITAN AREA, ILLAWARRA AND SOUTH COAST ARE GENERALLY EASING

A surface trough near the coast with moist onshore flow has been generating areas of heavy rainfall since Wednesday. Rainfall is forecast to ease from Friday afternoon. Abnormally high tides will also impact the low lying areas along the NSW coast.
Catchments are relatively wet after recent rainfall.
Moderate rainfall is still possible for the remainder of Friday over parts of the Flood Watch area.
Elevated river levels may continue for parts of the Flood Watch area for the remainder of Friday, easing over the weekend.
A Severe Weather Warning for heavy rainfall is current for people in parts of the Illawarra and South Coast Forecast Districts.

No further flooding is expected in the following catchments:
Upper Coxs River
Colo River
Macdonald River
Northern Sydney
Southern Sydney
Parramatta River
Illawarra Coast
Clyde River
Upper Nepean River
Hawkesbury and Lower Nepean Rivers
Cooks River
Georges and Woronora Rivers
Shoalhaven River
St Georges Basin

Flood warnings are current for the following catchments: Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers, Cooks River, Georges and Woronora Rivers, Shoalhaven River and St Georges Basin.

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:
This is a final Flood Watch, no further watches will be issued for this event.

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