Five-centimetre hailstones and wind gusts of up to 96 kilometres per hour have been recorded in south-east Queensland, following a severe thunderstorm warning.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued a severe thunderstorm warning across the south-east on Sunday afternoon, including for parts of the Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Redlands, Logan, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, the South Burnett and Gold Coast areas.
Another warning was also issued for the Wide Bay-Burnett, Southeast Coast and parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts.
A lightning bolt captured from Boondall on Brisbane’s northside. (ABC News: Emma Pollard)
Large hailstones fell in the southern suburbs of Brisbane at 4:45pm on Sunday, according to the BOM, and wind gusts of 96 kilometres per hour were recorded at Archerfield Airport.
The State Emergency Service (SES) has received multiple calls to assist with fallen trees and powerlines, from Ipswich to Brisbane.
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In Brisbane’s inner-city suburb of Woolloongabba, Vulture Street and Leopard Street are closed due to significant damage to the surface of the road, which the SES said was believed to be linked to the storm.
The storm approaching West End on Sunday afternoon. (Supplied: Chrissy Lim )
The Queensland Fire Department is responding to multiple power outages across the south-east.
Crews attended to an incident of a roof coming off a business in Toowoomba and a roof off a house in Millmeran.
More than 55,000 Energex customers were without power in the south-east, while Ergon Energy said there are more than 40 wires down in the Toowoomba area and “lots of other damage to poles and wires across the region”.
Hail fell across Brisbane, with stones of up to five centimetres reported in the southern suburbs. (ABC Radio Brisbane: Kat Feeney)
Senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said the storm activity was likely being triggered by a weak trough moving through that created an unstable and moist environment.
The BOM is forecasting scattered showers and thunderstorms across many parts of eastern Queensland on Monday, with a low-pressure trough likely to deepen.
Lightning in Brisbane on Sunday afternoon. (Supplied: Gwyn Morris)
“We may once again see severe storms developing across areas mainly to the north of Brisbane, but pushing up a large part of the coast as well,” Ms Bradbury said.
“Severe storms tomorrow may once again bring damaging winds, large hail or possibly heavy falls.”