Moreton Bay hailstorm — 18 October 2025: 5 cm hail at Samford

Five-centimetre hail was observed at Samford around 4:35 pm on 18 October 2025, according to a Bureau of Meteorology warning preserved by ABC Emergency.

Storm Location

Moreton Bay

Storm Date

18 Oct 2025

Hail Storms

Moreton Bay

Posted 27 Oct 2026

By Aiden Wood

Five-centimetre hail at Samford around 4:35 pm

The Bureau’s October summary also records large to giant hail at Samford and near Caboolture that day. The timed Samford report gives a specific observed size alongside that wider account.

Storm moved north towards Caboolture

At 4:55 pm, the warning placed the storm near Strathpine, Caboolture, Samford and Albany Creek, moving north.

Beachmere and Wamuran were among the places forecast to be affected next. A forecast location is not confirmation that hail fell there.

Key points

BOM reported 5 cm hail at Samford around 4:35 pm.
The storm was moving north near Caboolture at 4:55 pm.
Radar-derived suburb estimates are listed separately from ground reports.

Moreton Bay, Queensland — selected suburbs with storm-date reports or radar-derived hail estimates; not a property damage register.

Radar estimates across Moreton Bay

The radar-derived archive places Samford Village in the 5 cm band and Samford Valley in the 6 cm band. Caboolture and Morayfield have a 7+ cm band.

These are model estimates across parts of the suburbs. They are separate from Samford’s timed ground report.

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References

Bureau of Meteorology — Australia in October 2025 — Read source
HailTracker via HailHub — Summer Hail (Witt 1998) swathe archive — Read source
Bureau of Meteorology via ABC Emergency — Greater Brisbane severe thunderstorm warning, 18 October 2025 — Read source

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Moreton Bay hail reports, radar-derived suburb estimates and available weather observations for 18 October 2025.