One Kingaroy resident captured video of streets being inundated with floodwaters.
One Kingaroy resident captured video of streets being inundated with floodwaters.
A major emergency warning has been issued for parts of Queensland after a regional city was smashed by 82mm of rain in a single hour.

Kingaroy, in the South Burnett region of Queensland, was hit by the deluge on Monday night, with one resident capturing footage of the city's waterlogged streets.

"I haven't seen that since 2011," another person in the car is heard saying as the vehicle drives past torrents of water.

A woman is heard saying someone outside the local IGA is "stuck".

A whopping 82mm of rain was recorded earlier in the afternoon, while 68mm was recorded in Dalby, in the Western Downs region.


Another 65mm of rain fell in Moffatt - followed by 62.6mm in Saddler Springs and 43mm at Jandowae-Macalister Road, west of Dalby.

Queensland Police are currently urging Kingaroy residents to stay vigilant as part of a watch and act warning.

Severe damage to infrastructure in the affected regions has been reported, including two of the city's major intersections.

A severe thunderstorm warning for the Gympie, Somerset and South Burnett Council areas warns of "slow-moving thunderstorms", as of 7.13pm.

"Severe thunderstorms likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding were detected near Elgin Vale and the area northeast of Lake Boondooma," the bureau's warning states.

"These thunderstorms are slow moving.

"They are forecast to affect the area northwest of Jimna and the area east of Nanango by 8.00pm."

Another severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Wide Bay and Burnett, Maranoa and Warrego, Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Southeast Coast forecast districts.

"A moist and unstable air mass combined with an upper trough is producing severe thunderstorms," the bureau's warning states.

"Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds over the next several hours."

Locations which may be affected include Emerald, Blackwater, Springsure, Woorabinda, Mantuan Downs and Carnarvon National Park.

The bureau's warning also states people in Gympie, Kingaroy, Cherbourg, Kilcoy, Nanango and Rainbow Beach may experience the same flash flooding.