Mann River at Cangai from The Daily Examiner
Issued at 6.15am on Wednesday, 25th January 2012
Issued at 6.15am on Wednesday, 25th January 2012
North Coast LGAs Regional Road information
Regularly updated
Flood Warnings are current the Bellinger Nambucca and Orara Rivers
At this stage there is a greater than 70% chance of Minor to Moderate flooding as well as local flash flooding along the following river valleys from Monday onwards:
1.Tweed River
2.Richmond & Wilson Rivers
3.Clarence River
4.Macleay River
5.Hastings River
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. Across NSW, about 75% of Flood Watches are followed by flooding.
Latest Image Received at: 00:12 UTC/GMT Wed 25 Jan 2012
| WST | CST | CDT | EST | EDT |
| 08:12am | 09:42am | 10:42am | 10:12am | 11:12am |
| Wednesday | Wednesday | Wednesday | Wednesday | Wednesday |
Issued at 10:55 am EDT on Wednesday 25 January 2012.
"Heavy rain and possible thunderstorms which may lead to flash flooding are forecast for the Northern Rivers forecast district, as well as eastern parts of the Northern Tablelands and northern parts of the Mid North Coast forecast districts.
In the six hours to 11am today the heaviest falls occurred in the Tweed Valley area, with 116 mm of rain recorded at Kingscliff, 105 mm at Murwillumba, and 101 mm at Chillingham. Slightly lower falls were recorded further south.
A Flood Watch is current for the Tweed, Richmond, Wilsons, Nambucca, Macleay and Hastings river valleys.
Flood warnings are current for the Bellinger, Orara, Tweed, Richmond, Wilsons, Nambucca and Clarence Rivers.
For latest flood warning information, refer to www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/"
