[Navigation Bar] See Glossary to find out what the weather terms mean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDW40N02 Flood Warning Number : 10 RENEWED MAJOR FLOOD WARNING For the Wilsons River at Lismore and the Richmond River BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL OFFICE Issued at 1:02pm on Friday the 2nd of February 2001 LISMORE The Wilson River at Lismore is approaching a major flood peak near 10.3 metres which is expected to occur around 3pm. RICHMOND RIVER The Richmond River at Kyogle peaked at 11.62 metres around 9 am and is now falling. Local creek inflows are causing higher than expected flood levels at Casino and forecasts for Casino and downstream have been adjusted to reflect this. For further information contact the State Emergency Service - phone 132500 River Height Predictions Lismore - Peak near 10.3 metres with major flooding around 3 pm today [2/2/01]. Casino [Road Bridge] - Peak near 11.5 metres around 6 pm today with minor flooding. [11.5 metres at Casino Road Bridge is equivalent to 14.1 metres on the DLWC gauge] Bungawalbyn Junction - [Provisional peak prediction] Peak 5.6 metres with major flooding Saturday 3/2/01 afternoon Coraki - [Provisional peak prediction] Peak near 6.5 metres on Saturday 3/2 afternoon/evening with major flooding River heights on Fri 02/02/2001 were: River heights on Friday were: RICHMOND R AT WIANGAREE 7.08 m at 1132 am 02 Feb RICHMOND R AT KYOGLE 11.56 m at 1135 am 02 Feb RICHMOND R AT CASINO [DLWC] 13.53 m at 1137 am 02 Feb LEYCESTER CK AT ROCK VALLEY 6.83 m at 1213 pm 02 Feb GOOLMANGAR CK AT NIMBIN 5.57 m at 1208 pm 02 Feb BACK CK AT BENTLEY 7.55 m at 1221 pm 02 Feb TERANIA CK AT THE CHANNON 5.70 m at 1238 pm 02 Feb COOPERS CK AT REPENTANCE 2.49 m at 1240 pm 02 Feb WILSONS R AT NASHUA 7.45 m at 1240 pm 02 Feb COOPERS CK AT CORNDALE 9.47 m at 1236 pm 02 Feb WILSONS R AT ELTHAM 9.33 m at 1226 pm 02 Feb WILSONS R AT WOODLAWN [m AHD] 10.71 m at 1239 pm 02 Feb LEYCESTER CK AT TUNCESTER [m AHD] 11.76 m at 1241 pm 02 Feb WILSONS R AT LISMORE [m AHD] 10.25 m at 1229 pm 02 Feb RICHMOND R AT CORAKI 4.74 m at 1126 am 02 Feb RICHMOND R AT BUNGAWALBYN JUNC. N/A RICHMOND RIVER AT WOODBURN 2.63 m at 1126 am 02 Feb Weather Outlook Friday - Rain periods, some heavy falls in north, slowly easing tonight. Cool to mild. Fresh to strong east wind. Saturday -Rain easing to a few showers. Mild. Fresh east to northeast wind. Sunday - Isolated showers. Warm. East wind. Monday - Isolated showers. Warm. Southeast to easterly winds. Next warning will be issued by 4 pm 2/2/01 Home | News | Learn about Meteorology | Search | Help | Feedback Weather and Warnings | Climate | Catalogue | About The Bureau | Registered Users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2001, Bureau of Meteorology Please note the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy Policy. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer.