Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones over the next several hours in the Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains and parts of the Mid North Coast, North West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, Lower Western, Upper Western, Snowy Mountains and Northern Tablelands districts. Locations which may be affected include Sydney, Wollongong, Nowra, Batemans Bay, Orange, Goulburn, Tamworth, Gunnedah, Dubbo, Parkes, Cobar and Bourke.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the South Coast and Southern Tablelands districts. Locations which may be affected include Araluen.