Weather Warnings - Flood Warning for TAS

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, Tasmania
This Flood Watch provides early advice of possible flooding within the specified catchments.

Final Flood Watch For North, North West And North East
Issued at 12:35 PM EDT on Monday 02 December 2024
By the Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart.
Flood Watch Number: 4
MINOR FLOOD RISK HAS NOW EASED ACROSS MOST CATCHMENTS

As the low pressure system moves to the south of Tasmania during Monday, a weak ridge is expected to build.
Catchments across Tasmania are relatively wet following recent rainfall, and catchments may react quickly to further rainfall.
Showers are forecast for the next few days but no significant rainfall totals are forecast.
Minor to isolated moderate flooding will continue over the next few days in the North and South Esk catchments.

Flooding is no longer expected in the following catchments.
Meander River
Macquarie River
East Coastal Rivers (north of Bicheno)
Ringarooma River
North Coastal Rivers
Tamar (Launceston)
Mersey River
Forth River
Northwest and Central Coastal Rivers
Arthur River
Nelson Bay Coastal Rivers
Pieman River

Flood Warnings are current in the North and South Esk Rivers.

Note: This Flood Watch is a "heads up" for possible future flooding and is NOT a Flood Warning. The Bureau of Meteorology does not provide a flood warning service for all of the catchments covered by this flood watch. For more information on the Flood Watch Service: http://www.bom.gov.au/water/floods/floodWarningServices.shtml
For the latest warnings see www.bom.gov.au/tas/warnings
For the latest rainfall and river level information see www.bom.gov.au/tas/flood
For the latest weather forecast see www.bom.gov.au/tas/forecasts

Flood Safety Advice:
For emergency assistance call the SES on telephone number 132 500.
For life threatening situations, call 000 immediately.
SES flood warnings can be found at TasALERT.com
Flood and storm safety advice is available at www.ses.tas.gov.au
Road closure information is available at www.police.tas.gov.au}

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

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