Severe Weather Warning for Parts of Tasmania
This alert is no longer in effect.
BOM issued it on April 16, 2026, 4 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).
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The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds across multiple districts in Tasmania, including Hobart, with gusts up to 100 km/h expected.
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- Record type
- Severe Weather Warning
- Affected area
- Tasmania
- Issued
- April 16, 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 4 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Tasmania.
Alert Details
A Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds has been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). It is effective as of the issuance at 10:59 am Thursday, 16 April 2026.
Affected Areas
The warning affects the South East, Furneaux Islands, Western, Upper Derwent Valley, North East, North West Coast, Central North, Central Plateau, Midlands, and East Coast forecast districts in Tasmania. Specific locations that may be impacted include Hobart, Whitemark, Geeveston, Dover, Bridport, and Huonville.
What You Should Do
The State Emergency Service advises that people should: 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 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts around 90 to 100 km/h are likely to develop in affected areas. For the Southeast including Hobart, winds may reach gusts to 100 km/h over lower lying areas and higher terrain.
Timeline
The alert was issued at 10:59 am Thursday, 16 April 2026, and winds are expected to develop from this afternoon. Winds are forecasted to ease below warning thresholds over the northeast coast and Furneaux Islands later this evening, over Hobart and much of the southeast on Friday morning, but may persist in some areas until Saturday morning.
Original source: BOM Official Notice ↗
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