Brisbane Severe Weather Alert
Find out how to prepare for storm season by signing up to our Brisbane Severe Weather Alert service and checking creek flooding alerts.
Brisbane's summer can be hot, humid and unpredictable. A fine, sunny day can turn into a heavy, thundering sky at a moment's notice.
Storm season typically lasts from September to March. During this time, prepare for potential heavy rain, strong winds and other severe weather conditions.
Subscribe to our alert service
You can prepare for storm season by signing up for our Brisbane Severe Weather Alert service.
The free service sends you warnings if your nominated address is at risk of severe thunderstorms, destructive winds or potential flooding (including creek flooding alerts).
Nominate an unlimited number of Brisbane addresses to receive alerts for your workplace, school, or friends and family.
You can receive severe weather alerts by SMS, email or voice message. These may appear in your phone as a BoM Update.
Remember to verify your email address to complete the subscription process.
Before you subscribe, read the Brisbane Severe Weather Alert terms and conditions.
Creek flooding alerts
The Brisbane Severe Weather Alert service sends creek flood alerts in select locations at risk of creek flooding.
These alerts use information from flood gauges to trigger automatic warnings when waters rise to a certain level due to heavy rainfall, storms or tidal flooding.
It's common for creek alerts to be triggered when creek levels rise and fall quickly in heavy rainfall events or storms.
The service also includes specific river flood alerts in select locations along the Brisbane River. This includes alerts for flooded bridges in isolated communities in:
- Karana Downs
- Kholo
- Lake Manchester
- Mount Crosby.
Use the map to view the creek flooding alert locations
Search by address using the search bar.
Click on a location for information on local flooding and the suburbs affected.
Map legend
Grey: These areas are the first to receive alerts in flash flooding or tidal flooding events.
Purple: These areas receive creek flood alerts in larger scale flood events.
Blue: These are areas receive alerts for river flooding when bridges and crossings are likely to flood.
Red: These areas receive alerts if the Brisbane River floods.
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Blunder Creek |
|
Durack, Inala, Willawong |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Breakfast Creek |
View the latest river heights for Breakfast Creek at Bowen Hills Rail |
Windsor, Newstead and Albion |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Breakfast Creek |
|
Herston, Wilston, Windsor |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane River |
|
Hawthorne, New Farm |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane River |
|
Brisbane City, Kangaroo Point, South Bank |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane River |
|
Fairfield, St Lucia, Yeronga |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane River |
|
Jindalee, Sinnamon Park |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane River |
|
Bellbowrie, Moggill |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
|
Brisbane River |
View the latest river heights for the Brisbane river at: For road conditions and to plan your journey visit Qld Traffic. |
Karana Downs, Kholo, Lake Manchester, Mt Crosby |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
|
Bulimba Creek |
|
Hemmant, Lytton |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Bulimba Creek |
|
Carina, Carindale |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Bulimba Creek |
|
Mansfield, Mt Gravatt East |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Bulimba Creek |
View the latest river heights for Bulimba Creek at Greenwood Street |
Upper Mt Gravatt, Wishart |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage Tree Creek |
|
Bracken Ridge, Deagon, Sandgate, Taigum |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage Tree Creek |
View the latest river heights for Cabbage Tree Creek at Pineapple Street |
Aspley, Carseldine, Fitzgibbon |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage Tree Creek |
Note: Gauge not installed yet |
Bridgeman Downs, Carseldine |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage Tree Creek |
|
Bridgeman Downs, Everton Hills, McDowall |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Cannery Creek and Pound Creek |
|
Banyo, Boondall, Northgate, Nundah, Virginia |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Downfall Creek |
|
Chermside, Geebung, Virginia |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Downfall Creek |
|
Chermside West, Everton Park, Stafford Heights |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Enoggera Creek |
|
Kelvin Grove, Newmarket |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Enoggera Creek |
|
Ashgrove, The Gap |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Ithaca Creek |
|
Ashgrove, Bardon, Red Hill |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Kedron Brook |
|
Clayfield, Hendra, Nundah |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Kedron Brook |
|
Gordon Park, Kalinga, Kedron |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Kedron Brook |
|
Everton Park, Mitchelton |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Little Cabbage Tree Creek |
|
Aspley, Bridgeman Downs, McDowall |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Lota Creek |
|
Gumdale, Ransome, Wakerley |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
|
Moggill Creek |
|
Brookfield, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Norman Creek |
|
East Brisbane, Coorparoo, Stones Corner, Woolloongabba |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Norman Creek |
|
Annerley, Greenslopes, Tarragindi |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Norman Creek |
|
Greenslopes, Holland Park, Holland Park West |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Oxley Creek |
|
Corinda, Graceville |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
|
Oxley Creek |
|
Corinda, Sherwood |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Oxley Creek |
|
Archerfield, Inala, Willawong |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Oxley Creek |
View the latest river heights for Oxley Creek at Beatty Road |
Acacia Ridge, Willawong |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Pullen Pullen Creek |
|
Bellbowrie, Pinjarra Hills, Pullenvale |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Waterholes |
|
Moorooka, Rocklea, Salisbury |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Waterholes |
|
Archerfield, Coopers Plains, Sunnybank |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
|
Stable Swap Creek |
|
Archerfield, Rocklea |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Wolston Creek |
|
Sumner, Wacol |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Wynnum Creek |
|
Manly West, Wynnum |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
|
Wynnum Creek |
|
Wynnum West |
| Catchment (or sub-catchment) |
Alert area and telemetry gauge | Suburbs |
|---|---|---|
| Zillman Waterhole |
|
Boondall, Geebung, Virginia |