Severe Weather Warning for Damaging Winds in Hobart and Upper Derwent Valley
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BOM issued it on September 18, 2026, 2 days 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).
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BOM has issued a high-severity severe weather warning for damaging westerly winds across multiple Tasmanian forecast districts including Hobart.
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- Record type
- Severe Weather Warning
- Affected area
- Tasmania
- Issued
- September 18, 2026
- Issuing authority
- BOM
The warning type, named area, and issue time define this record. Confirm all three against the original agency notice before treating it as current.
Record status: historical. It was issued 2 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Tasmania.
Alert Details
BOM has issued Severe Weather Warning IDT21037 for damaging winds. The warning was issued at 11:01 am Friday, 18 September 2026 (2026-09-18T01:01:27Z) and expires at 2026-09-18T10:01:27Z.
Affected Areas
The warning covers Upper Derwent Valley, South East, East Coast, Central Plateau and parts of Western, North East, North West Coast, Central North and Midlands Forecast Districts in Tasmania. Locations which may be affected include Hobart, Swansea, New Norfolk, Bicheno, Orford and Geeveston.
What You Should Do
The State Emergency Service advises residents to supervise children closely, check that family and neighbours are aware of warnings, manage pets and livestock, secure outdoor items including furniture and play equipment, be prepared in case of power outages and report any outages to TasNetworks on 132 004, beware of damaged trees and power lines and take care when driving, listen to the ABC radio or check www.ses.tas.gov.au for further advice, and contact the SES on 132500 for emergency assistance.
Expected Conditions
Damaging westerly winds averaging 55 to 65 km/h with peak gusts around 100 km/h are likely, with wind gusts possibly exceeding 120 km/h at elevated locations in the south.
Timeline
Winds will begin to ease late on Friday evening and into Saturday morning. Damaging winds are expected to clear the state by late Saturday morning, with another frontal passage bringing damaging winds to parts of Tasmania expected from Sunday morning.
Original source: BOM Official Notice ↗
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