Severe Thunderstorm Warning for South West WA District
This alert is no longer in effect.
BOM issued it on June 21, 2026, 2 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this BoM weather warning directly from BOM's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
BOM issues high-severity severe thunderstorm warning for heavy rainfall and flash flooding risk in parts of South West district until 5:14 pm AWST.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- South West WA
- Issued
- June 21, 2026
- Issuing authority
- BOM
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 2 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in South West WA.
Alert Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning (IDW21033) issued by the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) at 1:14 pm Monday, 8 June 2026 (05:14 UTC). The warning is classified as High severity and remains in effect until 9:14 pm UTC (5:14 pm AWST).
Affected Areas
Parts of the South West forecast district in Western Australia (WA). Locations that may be affected include Collie and Harvey. A rainfall total of 25.2 mm was recorded at Balingup in the one hour to 12:20 pm.
What You Should Do
- If outside, find safe shelter away from trees, power lines, storm water drains and streams.
- Close your curtains and blinds, and stay inside away from windows.
- Unplug electrical appliances and do not use land line telephones if there is lightning.
- If there is flooding, create your own sandbags by using pillow cases filled with sand and place them around doorways to protect your home.
- If boating, swimming or surfing, leave the water.
- Do not drive into water of unknown depth and current.
- Slow down and turn your headlights on.
- Be alert and watch for hazards on the road such as fallen power lines and loose debris.
- If it is raining heavily and you cannot see, pull over and park with your hazard lights on until the rain clears.
Expected Conditions
Heavy rainfall possible in training showers and isolated thunderstorms. Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area.
Timeline
Warning issued at 1:14 pm Monday, 8 June 2026. Effective over the next several hours with expiry at 5:14 pm AWST. The next warning is due to be issued by 4:15 pm.
Original source: BOM Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Warnings
All Weather Warnings →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this BoM weather warning: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,645 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to June 21, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this BoM weather warning.