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 Parts Of North, North East, Huon, Derwent And South East Catchments
Issued at 12:20 PM EDT on Sunday 22 October 2023
By the Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart.
Flood Watch Number: 4
FLOODING NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREA

A broad and complex area of low pressure over Tasmania brought moderate to locally heavy rainfall to most of Tasmania from late Saturday night and into Sunday. This system has now moved offshore and the risk of flood-producing rainfall has now eased.
Catchments are average to wet across the Flood Watch area, with the wettest areas to the south, tending to dry in eastern parts.
Scattered showers with possible isolated thunderstorms are forecast across the Flood Watch area for the remainder of Sunday. However, these are not expected to significantly influence river levels.
Minor flooding is no longer expected across the Flood Watch area. River and creek levels are generally easing or steady. Isolated minor flooding reached a peak in the Huon River catchment at Tahune Bridge during Sunday morning but has now eased below minor flood levels.

North Esk River
South Esk River
Meander River
Macquarie River
East Coastal Rivers (north of Bicheno)
Huon River
Channel Coastal Rivers (South East Cape to Gordon)
Derwent River
Jordan River
Coal River
East Coastal Rivers (south of Bicheno)
South East

Flooding is no longer expected in the following catchments: North Esk River, South Esk River, Meander River, Macquarie River, East Coastal Rivers (north of Bicheno), Huon River, Channel Coastal Rivers (South East Cape to Gordon), Derwent River, Jordan River, Coal River, East Coastal Rivers (south of Bicheno), South East.

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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