Heavy rain, hail and damaging winds are blasting Australia's eastern states on November 29 with flooding inundating parts of NSW. On the NSW South Coast 24 hour rainfall totals above 300 mm have been recorded as storms unleash a deluge on small towns. Jervis Bay Airfield has recorded 225 mm, while 196 mm has fallen at Uladulla and Porters Creek Dam has a 351 mm total. Earlier on November 29 the SES carried out two flood rescues - two people from a car at South Nowra, and people at a home in Wrights Beach. It was among more than 200 incident call outs in NSW in the 24 hours to 9am. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for large parts of NSW and the ACT on November 29, with heavy rain, large hail and damaging winds. "An upper-level low over western NSW is maintaining unstable conditions across large parts of the state today," the Bureau said. Intense rainfall could lead to "dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding" in parts of the NSW South Coast, along with damaging winds. For northern NSW and south-east Queensland there is also the threat of supercell thunderstorms, which can last for several hours. "This allows supercell thunderstorms to intensify more than regular storms, and they can bring even more dangerous severe weather - heavy to intense rain, damaging or destructive winds and large into giant sized hail," senior meteorologist Angus Hines said. Heavy rainfall has led to flood watches and warnings for rivers across NSW, Queensland and Victoria. NSW SES is urging people to assess conditions before traveling on the roads, not to walk, ride or drive through flood waters and to heed any warnings. The storm risk continues for south-east NSW, eastern Victoria, parts of interior South Australia and the Northern Territory on November 30. "The Gippsland area becomes the focus of the heaviest rainfall for [November 30]... we will expect over 100 mm of rain to fall, particularly east of Bairnsdale," Mr Hines said. He said some areas in northern Victoria would receive in excess of a month's worth of rainfall during November 29 and following days. Swan Hill on Victoria's northern border with NSW recorded 85 mm in 24 hours. An initial flood watch is in place for Gippsland and parts of north-east and south-west Victoria. By the weekend the storm risk will be more subdued and seasonal in parts of the northern Queensland and northern NSW coasts, Mr Hines said. Keep updated with weather warnings at bom.gov.au/australia/warnings
