{"id":494631,"date":"2026-02-21T12:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/494631\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:17:09","slug":"wa-weather-severe-thunderstorms-to-trigger-heavy-rain-in-parts-of-south-interior-pilbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/494631\/","title":{"rendered":"WA weather: Severe thunderstorms to trigger heavy rain in parts of south interior, Pilbara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Severe thunderstorms are set to sweep across parts of <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WA<\/a> in the next several hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">At 5.22pm the Bureau of Meteorology alerted people in the southern interior to brace for heavy rain that could cause flash flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cA very moist airmass is in place in the South Interior, with a low pressure system near Carnegie triggering thunderstorms along its eastern flank,\u201d the alert reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cSome of these thunderstorms are capable of producing heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/69ab3fccfff6714e82f98c91a1beeb9d0416cd3b.jpg\" alt=\"A thunderstorm warning is in place for the area in dark yellow.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconA thunderstorm warning is in place for the area in dark yellow. Credit: BOM<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cSevere thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A second storm warning is in place for the Pilbara, with residents warned of damaging winds that are forecast to barrel through the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cA moist and unstable environment is triggering thunderstorms this afternoon. These have become severe with damaging wind gusts through central parts of the Pilbara,\u201d the BOM alert issued at 4.56pm stated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4ba9239e0cbafecbb8fa9ad22e399cf43883fe95.jpg\" alt=\"People in the Pilbara near the dark yellow zone are told to prepare for thunderstorms.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconPeople in the Pilbara near the dark yellow zone are told to prepare for thunderstorms. Credit: BOM<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cSevere thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Marble Bar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Emergency WA advises anyone in the effected areas to secure outdoor furniture, prepare an emergency kit and review their safety plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorms are set to sweep across parts of WA in the next several hours. At 5.22pm the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,45,1192],"class_list":["post-494631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-wa-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}