A mini twister has been filmed sweeping across Brisbane amid wild weather bringing severe thunderstorms and giant hail to parts of Queensland.
The gustnado, which is a small whirlwind different to that of a tornado, was seen on the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point amid dangerous winds and heavy rain on Friday afternoon.
The weather phenomenon was captured by Channel Seven weather presenter Tony Auden.
‘From what I can tell this isn’t a fully fledged tornado, but more likely a ‘gustnado’ that is a more transient feature on the leading edge of the storm. Still looked like it had some strong winds in it though!’ he wrote on X.
Several weather warnings are in place for eastern parts of the state including a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Gympie, the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay.
Residents are told to expect damaging winds and hailstones up to 7cm wide.
‘A moist and unstable airmass combined with a southeasterly wind change moving up the coast is leading to the development of severe thunderstorms through southeast Queensland,’ the Bureau of Meteorology said.
‘Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones over the next several hours in parts of the Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast districts.’
The gustnado, which is a small whirlwind different to that of a tornado, was seen on the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point amid dangerous winds and heavy rain on Friday afternoon
Severe thunderstorms have been lashing down on Brisbane on Friday
Huge hailstones battered parts of Queensland’s southeast on Friday
Severe thunderstorm warnings are in place along the Sunshine Coast
The BOM said hailstones as large as 7cm in diameter were spotted in Flagstone, in Logan, just after 3pm on Friday.
Cooroy, in Noosa’s hinterland, recorded 99mm of rain in just 24 hours.
Meteorologists have warned of more storms on Saturday for Queensland but the weather is expected to ease by Sunday.
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