Wall of severe thunderstorms hit Brisbane, SEQ

The weather bureau has cancelled its severe storm warnings for south-east Queensland.

The severe storms are moving east and are expected to hit Cleveland and southern Moreton Island by 1.30pm.

Winds gusts of more than 80km/h have been recorded at Archerfield and the Gold Coast.

Heavy cloud covers the Port of Brisbane as the line of thunderstorms moves over the south-east.  

As the storm moved over Brisbane, this timelapse video was shot at the University of Queensland at St Lucia.

More than 15,000 homes were without power in SEQ by 11.30am.

The Logan suburbs of Marsden and Holmview had more than 1000 residents in the dark and there were almost 1400 residents without power at Burleigh on the Gold Coast.

Meanwhile, almost 1800 buildings were cut-off at Forest Lake and more than 1200 outages were reported at Heathwood in Brisbane.

According to the Bureau's radar, the most intense storms were concentrated on the Gold Coast as the long front of clouds crossed the south-east with Beenleigh, Southport and Miami disappearing under a thick band of storm activity.

Wind gusts are picking up around Brisbane with the Bureau of Meteorology reporting an 83 kilometres per hour wind gust at Archerfield Airport

The bureau is warning that a "brief spell" of heavy rainfall is likely as damaging winds are expected to top 90 kilometres per hour as the storms move through Brisbane and south-east Queensland.

Meanwhile, Energex is reporting nearly 4000 customers are losing power around the south-east, with more than 1000 customers in Forest Lake without power. Check the Energex website for updated information in your area.

A wall of severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are rapidly approaching Brisbane the weather bureau has warned.

Damaging winds were expected to affect people in Ipswich, Logan, Gold Coast, Brisbane City and parts of Somerset, Scenic Rim, Toowoomba, Lockyer Valley, Redland City and Moreton Bay council areas within the next few hours.

The severe storms were also moving towards south-east Queensland and were likely to hit the south-east coast and parts of Wide Bay and Burnett and Darling Downs and Granite Belt forecast districts.