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Weather Warnings - Flood Warning - Bogan River

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BOGAN RIVER
Issued at 5:53 pm EST on Monday 19 September 2016
Flood Warning Number: 34


An average of 28 millimetres of rain has fallen during the 15 hours to 9pm
Sunday [18/09/16]. However, the rain has eased since 9pm Sunday.

This rain is expected to cause minor flooding at Peak Hill Monday afternoon
[19/09/16].

Minor flooding continues at Dandaloo following a moderate flood peak of 5.38
metres observed on Thursday [15/09/16].

Moderate flooding continues at Mudall following a major flood peak of 3.63
metres observed on Saturday [10/09/16].

Moderate flooding continues at Nyngan following a moderate flood peak of 4.05
metres observed on Wednesday [14/09/16].

Moderate flooding is also occurring at Mulgawarrina (estimated) where a
moderate flood peak is expected on Tuesday [20/09/16].

Minor flooding is current at Gongolgon.

Predicted River Heights/Flows:
Peak Hill
- peak near 2.9 metres around 9pm Monday [19/09/16] with minor flooding

Dandaloo - Reach 4.6 metres around Thursday [22/09/16] with minor flooding

Mulgawarrina
- peak near 5.4 metres around Tuesday [20/09/16] with moderate flooding

Gongolgon
- peak near 1.1 metres around 25/09/16 with moderate flooding

FloodSafe advice is available at www.ses.nsw.gov.au

For emergency assistance call the SES on telephone number 132 500.
For life threatening emergencies, call 000 immediately.

Weather Forecast:
For the latest weather forecast see www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/

Next Issue:
The next warning will be issued by 10am Monday [20/09/16].

Note: river levels are update more frequently on www.bom.gov.au/nsw/flood/

Latest River Heights:
Bogan R at Peak Hill 2.71m rising 05:00 PM MON 19/09/16
Bogan R at Dandaloo 4.18m steady 05:00 PM MON 19/09/16
Bogan R at Mudall 3.26m steady 07:30 AM MON 19/09/16
Bogan R at Neurie Plains 1.99m steady 01:00 PM MON 19/09/16
Bogan R at Nyngan 3.6m steady 05:00 PM MON 19/09/16
Bogan R at Monkey Br 5.53m steady 05:00 PM MON 19/09/16
Bogan R at Gongolgon 0.86m steady 05:00 PM MON 19/09/16

For latest rainfall and river level information see www.bom.gov.au/nsw/flood/

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