[Navigation Bar] See Glossary to find out what the weather terms mean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDW40N02 Flood Warning Number : 8 RENEWED MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOOD WARNING For the Wilsons River at Lismore and the Richmond River BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL OFFICE Issued at 8:54am on Friday the 2nd of February 2001 River levels upstream of Lismore have risen tto higher levels than expected and the flood peak at Lismore is now expectd to be slightly under 10 metres around 3 pm. For further information contact the State Emergency Service - phone 132500 River Height Predictions Lismore - Peak slightly under 10 metres with major flooding around 3 pm today [2/2/01]. Bungawalbyn Junction - [Provisional peak prediction] Peak near major flood level [5 metres] Saturday 3/2/01 evening Coraki - [Provisional peak prediction] Peak near 6 metres around noon on Saturday 3/2 Kyogle - Peak near 12.5 metres around noon today [2/2/00] with minor flooding. Casino [Road Bridge] - Peak near 11 metres around 9 pm today with minor flooding. [11 metres at Casino Road Bridge is equivalent to 13.5 metres on the DLWC gauge] River heights on Fri 02/02/2001 were: River heights on Friday were: RICHMOND R AT WIANGAREE 8.15 m at 532 am 02 Feb RICHMOND R AT KYOGLE 11.62 m at 839 am 02 Feb IRON POT CK AT ETTRICK N/A IRON POT CK D/S TOONUMBAR N/A RICHMOND R AT CASINO ROAD BRIDGE N/A RICHMOND R AT CASINO [DLWC] 12.36 m at 536 am 02 Feb LEYCESTER CK AT ROCK VALLEY 8.29 m at 619 am 02 Feb GOOLMANGAR CK AT NIMBIN 6.36 m at 618 am 02 Feb BACK CK AT BENTLEY 12.35 m at 625 am 02 Feb TERANIA CK AT THE CHANNON 6.33 m at 622 am 02 Feb COOPERS CK AT REPENTANCE 3.76 m at 626 am 02 Feb WILSONS R AT NASHUA 7.93 m at 616 am 02 Feb COOPERS CK AT CORNDALE 9.81 m at 619 am 02 Feb WILSONS R AT ELTHAM 9.46 m at 620 am 02 Feb WILSONS R AT WOODLAWN [m AHD] 10.06 m at 627 am 02 Feb LEYCESTER CK AT TUNCESTER [m AHD] 11.97 m at 628 am 02 Feb WILSONS R AT LISMORE [m AHD] 9.61 m at 626 am 02 Feb RICHMOND R AT CORAKI 3.78 m at 526 am 02 Feb RICHMOND R AT BUNGAWALBYN JUNC. N/A RICHMOND RIVER AT WOODBURN 2.31 m at 526 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 1 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.