A severe thunderstorm hit the Longreach area and caused wind damage at the airport, but little if any damage to the town. Apparently three planes were damaged at the Longreach aerodrome in a late afternoon storm. A Cessna 172 was thrown upside down, a drifter ultra light was twisted into a mangled mess and a courier plane had a prop strike. Storm winds got up to 140km/h.

Damage appears to have been sustained to the aerodrome area only with no reports from the town. Numerous buildings had windows smashed from blowing stones, with some also loosing roofing iron. There have been reports over the last two days of structural damage to homes and schools along with vegetation damage in Aramac and Ilfracombe areas