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Victorian Regional Office - AU-VIC, AU, Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

West and South Gippsland

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DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS with peak gusts of around 100 km/h are occurring and expected to continue over parts of East Gippsland into the early evening. For ALPINE areas above 1600m: DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 110 km/h are currently occurring, though peak gusts are expected to decrease to around 100 km/h by the early evening. Heavy rainfall and blizzard conditions are no longer expected. Damaging winds are expected to ease below warning thresholds about East Gippsland during the evening, though may persist about the alpine areas until the late evening or early Saturday morning. Flood warnings are current over the area. See https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts for details. Locations which may be affected include Falls Creek, Mallacoota, Mt Hotham, Mt Buller, Cann River and Chandlers Creek. Severe observations to 4:30 pm: 111.0 mm at Chandlers Creek (Cann River) in the 6 hours to 12:15 pm. 90.8 mm at Buldah in the 6 hours to 12:15 pm. 126 km/h gust at Mt Hotham at 12:00 pm. 111 km/h gust at Falls Creek at 11:47 pm. 113 km/h gust at Gabo Island at 10:13 am. 118 km/h gust at Mallacoota at 10:07 am.