Storm Location
Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Storm Date
Warwick Hail Damage: 4-5 cm Across the Southern Downs
The Bureau of Meteorology observed hail of 4 to 5 cm in the Warwick area late on the afternoon of 3 November 2026. It was the largest hail reported anywhere in that day’s storms across southern Queensland.
Key points
The Bureau observed 4 to 5 cm hail in the Warwick area late on 3 November — the largest of the day.
Radar’s strongest Southern Downs bands are at Allora and Berat, both 5 cm, just north of Warwick.
A 106 km/h gust was recorded at Wellcamp Airport at 4:07 pm.
Where the storm sat on the Southern Downs
Radar puts the strongest bands just north of town, at Allora and Berat, both reading 5 cm. Pratten and Thane read 4 cm, with Greymare and Dalveen at 3 cm (HailTracker, Nov 26). Warwick’s own suburbs sit lower in the swathe: Rosenthal Heights at 2 cm, with Sladevale, Glengallan, Yangan, Freestone and Womina at 1 cm.
The Bureau's figure and the radar disagree
The Bureau observed 4 to 5 cm in the Warwick area, while radar barely registers the town itself. Both can be true: an observation is a single point where someone measured a stone, and the radar band is an estimate across a grid square (BOM, Nov 26).
Warwick, Allora, Berat and surrounding Southern Downs localities
A 106 km/h gust came with it
A 106 km/h wind gust was recorded at Wellcamp Airport, west of Toowoomba, at 4:07 pm the same afternoon (BOM, Nov 26). Wind matters as much as stone size for a roof. Gusts lift and flex sheeting, and a roof can be opened up without a single dent being visible from the ground.
Not sure what your roof copped?
Rebuild Relief offers free roof inspections for homeowners with metal roofs, to help you understand the condition of your roof after the hailstorm. If we find hail damage, we can manage your home insurance claim for you.
If your claim is approved, we contribute up to $1,000 towards your excess when using our Referred Repairers. Your insurer decides the outcome.
If you live any of these highly affected suburbs, we'll check your roof for hail damage, completely free.
References
Bureau of Meteorology — Severe Thunderstorm Warning IDQ21033, 3 November 2026 — Read source
HailTracker Summer Hail (Witt 1998) swathe archive — Read source
Rebuild Relief — Toowoomba and Darling Downs hail risk — Read source
Rebuild Relief — Gold Coast hail warning, 3 November 2026 — Read source
Rebuild Relief — Golfball-sized hail at Stanthorpe and Applethorpe — Read source
Rebuild Relief — Lockyer Valley Gatton 2023 supercell — Read source
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