Severe Weather Warning - 4.25pm

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
for Flash Flooding

For people in the Herbert, Lower Burdekin and Northern Tropical Coast south of Cairns.

Issued at 4:25 pm on Thursday 18 February 2010

A surface trough near Townsville is expected to move slowly north overnight and tomorrow. 

Areas of rain and local thunderstorms with heavy falls leading to flash flooding and local stream rises are likely in the Herbert and Lower Burdekin overnight and the Northern Tropical Coast south of Cairns during Friday.   

The next warning is due to be issued by 11pm EST.