While we enjoyed a mostly sunny day on Friday, with a predicted top of 35 degrees, at 3.42pm the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning damaging winds for Queanbeyan and Canberra. 

At 5.45 pm, the bureau said severe thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near the Brindabella National Park, the Brindabella Ranges and Brindabella. 

It said the thunderstorms were moving towards the east and are forecasted to affect Queanbeyan, Belconnen, Civic, Tuggeranong, Hall, Gungahlin, Canberra Airport, South Canberra, Weston Creek and Woden Valley by 6:15 pm. 

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds over the next several hours in the South West Slopes, Australian Capital Territory and parts of the Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Snowy Mountains districts. Locations which may be affected include Orange, Canberra, Cooma, Yass, Parkes and Wagga Wagga.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce large hailstones, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds over the next several hours in the Northern Tablelands and parts of the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast districts. Locations which may also be affected include Armidale, Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Tabulam, Dorrigo and Uralla.

Wind gust of 109 km/hr were detected at Forbes at 4:48pm. 

On Tuesday, the ACT was battered with heavy rain, hail and extreme wind conditions. The ACT Emergency Service Agency were called out to nine jobs, including three trees down. There were also reports trees and branches fallen on the Barton Highway, south of Murrumbateman, had affected traffic flow.

The State Emergency Service advises that people should: