Wettest November on record for parts of Queensland as Bureau of Meteorology forecasts rain to ease after flash flooding across the south-east
Purga School Road in Ipswich was among the areas that flooded on Sunday. (Supplied: Ruth Phillips)
It has been the wettest November on record for parts of Queensland, but the weather bureau says rain will ease after heavy falls caused flash flooding on the first weekend of summer.
Roads and cars were inundated in parts of Brisbane as a short, sharp burst of rain dumped 50 millimetres in the CBD in 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, Springbrook National Park and the wider Scenic Rim had 265mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Sunday.
The State Emergency Service responded to 91 storm-related calls for assistance in 24 hours, mostly from residents in Brisbane, Logan and Moreton Bay.
Streets in Woolloongabba were impacted by flash flooding after heavy rainfall on Sunday. (ABC News: Emma Pollard)
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Shane Kennedy said preliminary data suggested weather stations at Sunshine Coast Airport and Coolangatta had their wettest November since records began more than 30 years ago.
He said it was unusually wet for this time of year, with many places recording above average rainfall.
"We certainly had a number of days with severe thunderstorms which is fairly unusual," he said.
Loading...Mr Kennedy said rain in the south-east was expected to ease over the coming days, with the chance a few showers and the odd thunderstorm could develop on Monday afternoon.
"We'll still have those showers looming for the next few days or so, but thunderstorms should be less likely from tomorrow, but certainly very muggy conditions expected to continue," he said.
Showers and thunderstorms will continue in the north and far north, bringing moderate falls of between 20mm and 50mm.
Mr Kennedy said showers and thunderstorms were likely to return to western Queensland due to a new cloud band moving into the south-west, with rain likely to peak on Tuesday.
Flood warnings active for rivers, creeks
The BOM said while the risk of further heavy falls, flooding and thunderstorms had eased, the heavy rain had caused rivers to swell.
There are multiple flood warnings in place across the state, including moderate warnings for the Warrego, Moonie, Bulloo, Logan and Albert rivers and minor warnings for the Upper Balonne River, Bremer River and Warrill Creek and Lower Barcoo River.
The trend of above average rainfall is likely to continue this month, Mr Kennedy said, before returning to close to average for January and February.