⚠️ 🌧 URGENT MESSAGE: HEAVY RAIN, POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS, LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING
An intense low-pressure system is forecast to affect the coast between #PortStephens and #Sydney overnight tonight.
Damaging winds and localised heavy rainfall totals of 100-300mm are currently being predicted.
Waterspouts are also a possibility with this type of system. High Spring tides are also affecting the coastline around 10:18pm and 10:35am.
Such intense rainfall is likely to lead to flash flooding. The many areas prone to flooding including but not limited to known hotspots such as #Newcastle, #Wallsend, #Gosford, #Warringah.
If you know people in these areas whose houses have been affected by flash flooding in the past, please contact them and strongly suggest that that stay somewhere else tonight.
Monitor the latest warnings at http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/
- NSW SES
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