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Severe storms have marched across parts of south-east Queensland for a third consecutive day after dumping heavy rain and hail and spinning up damaging winds further west.
Severe thunderstorm warnings remained in place tonight across parts of the Somerset, Scenic Rim, Western Downs, South Burnett, Toowoomba and Gold Coast regions.
The Bureau of Meteorology said they were likely to produce damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding.
Forecasters said hail stones had already been reported near Dalby and Kingaroy, west of the Sunshine Coast, as storms headed south-east.
Videos showed a trampoline being blown across a backyard in Warwick, south of Toowoomba, and hailed dumped on nearby Pratten for the second time in 48 hours.
The bureau reported wind damage in the area about 5pm and recorded wind gusts beyond 90km/h in Dalby and much further west in Roma.
Gilligulgul, near Miles, about 300 kilometres west of the Sunshine Coast, copped 45 millimetres of rain in just half an hour this afternoon.
“Our entire state is under a massive line of thunderstorms,” 9News Brisbane weather presenter Garry Youngberry said.
” … But we’ve really seen a late run of storms here in the south-east and through the interior.
“They didn’t really fire up until mid this afternoon.”
About 8.30pm (9.30pm AEDT), the bureau warned storms were heading for Warwick, Stanthorpe and Toowoomba.
It was a humid day across the south-east coastal areas with a top of 30 in Brisbane, 28 on the Gold Coast and 29 on the Sunshine Coast.
Similar conditions are expected tomorrow but with showers more likely than storms.
