Please note, although your property may not have been directly affected by this flood event, the event has been included in your suburb listing because according to the Bureau of Meteorology river gauge data, a catchment near your suburb recorded a high mark. This event may have affected your suburb.

Floods in the wake of the February cyclone caused widespread dislocation of road, rail and air traffic over a great part of the Central Coast, Highlands, South Coast and Darling Downs districts, mainly from 17th and 20th. Many bridges were washed away, stock were lost in some of the rapid headwaters flooding, and in a few instances towns were severely damaged.

In the Pioneer River basin sharp flooding caused the evacuation of 200 people from Mackay and the loss of bridges at Finch Hatton and Mirani, with a peak at Mirani on 17th. A new bridge was swept away on the Duaringa - Springsure highway at Mimosa Creek. Two hundred sheep were lost in the severe flood on Capella Creek, and many Clermont families were evacuated when Sandy Creek became a 500 metre wide torrent after 275mm of rain within 12 hours in the surrounding area. Clermont was isolated in flooding which was described as the worst since the 1916 disaster. In the lower Fitzroy River, water entered low lying yards in parts of Rockhampton at the peak of the flood.

Following 150 to 250mm rains, severe floods affected the headwaters region of the Condamine River and south western parts of the Brisbane catchment. Laidley experienced the worst flood in its history on 18th, when Laidley Creek was 2 kilometres wide and approximately 0.4 metres higher than the 1893 flood. Very rapid flooding inundated the main business centre and 50 shops had up to 2.5 metres of water in them, resulting in high cost damage to shop fittings and machinery. Only a few houses in the town were above the flood, more than 200 families were evacuated and 50 people rescued from roof tops. Following 235mm at the Head, [mostly overnight rain], the Condamine River reached a width of 3 kilometres at Killarney.

Water reached a height of 3 metres in the business section of the town, the highest in memory. Two bridges were swept away and the total damage cost in the town was very high. Allora reported its biggest flood for 50 years, bridges were damaged, people evacuated from homes and kilometres of fencing washed away. The flood crest flattened as it moved down the Condamine and Balonne rivers, giving mostly moderate flooding. Peaks reported were Warwick on 18th, Tummaville on 20th, Ranges Bridge on 20th, St. George on 24th and Dirranbandi on 27th. Slight flooding with little damage was reported in the Macintyre, Moonie, Maranoa, and Warrego rivers at this time.