Australia Australia's east coast braces for a 'thunderstorm outbreak'

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Torrential rain, hail, damaging winds and potential flash flooding is set to batter Australia's east coast on Friday.

The weather bureau dubbed it the 'multi-state thunderstorm outbreak' which is set to hit Queensland, New South Wales, north-east Victoria, as well as South Australia's mid-north.

The weather system began forming on Wednesday, with the worst of the storms forecast to hit the east coast on Friday and Saturday.

Bureau of Meteorology Meterologist Jonathan How warned heavy downpours are likely to continue well into the weekend.

'It is shaping up to be a stormy and wet weekend for eastern parts of Queensland and New South Wales including Brisbane and Sydney,' Mr How said.

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'Rainfall totals this Sunday will broadly be 30-50mm across parts of eastern Australia but, when we do see those more intense thunderstorms, we could see totals of 100 and even up to 150mm for some parts.'

He said the rain could be so severe it could cause concern for agricultural communities as they enter the harvesting season.

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'Heavy rain and large hail could damage crops and while some catchments are already saturated, flooding could become a risk into the weekend,' he said.

'But with all thunderstorms they are hit and miss in nature.'

About 30-50mm of rainfall is expected to fall across parts of eastern Australia on Sunday.

When the most severe storms hit rainfall totals could exceed 100-150mm for some parts.

Western Australia will miss out on entirely on the weather event, with sunny days and temperatures forecast in the late 20s to early 30s heading towards the weekend.

A flood warning has also been issued for South Australia's mid north with 100mm of rain expected to fall on Friday.

Australia's east braces for a 'thunderstorm outbreak'

The weather bureau is predicting heavy rain, hail, damaging winds and potential flash flooding across Queensland, New South Wales and north east Victoria.The weather bureau is predicting heavy rain, hail, damaging winds and potential flash flooding across Queensland, New South Wales and north-east Victoria in the coming days.

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The bureau warned of flash flooding and local creeks, rivers to overflow due to the burst of rain.

The city though will not be hit hard at all with only 10mm of rain expected on Friday.

The warning comes just a month after the bureau officially declared the country's first active La Niña in 10 years.

The weather event occurs when stronger equatorial winds, blowing east to west, cool the Pacific Ocean in the tropical north of Australia.

During the last La Niña between 2010 and 2012, the weather bureau said Australia had one of the 'wettest two-year periods on record'.

'Widespread flooding occurred in many parts of Australia associated with the record rainfalls,' it said.

The Bureau of Meteorology has officially declared the first La Niña event since 2010 to 2012, when floods ravaged Queensland, killing 33 people.

© Provided by Daily Mail A man shelters from the rain during wet weather at Circular Quay in Sydney