AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT - BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
SOUTH AUSTRALIA REGIONAL OFFICE
FLOOD ADVICE FOR INLAND RIVERS
Issued at 1:05 pm on Friday, 13 March 2009
1. FLOOD ADVICE :
Water continues to flow into Lake Eyre via both the Warburton Groove and the
Kalaweerina Channel. In the Warburton Groove water is now approaching the top
of Belt Bay, near Hughes Island, and is beginning to splay out across the lake
floor. Water is also beginning to splay out from the Kalaweerina Channel.
Water is now flowing down Kallakoopah Creek and the sandhill lakes at the top of
Lake Eyre are filling. Water continues to flow back up the Macumba River.
Upstream at Birdsville renewed river rises peaked earlier in the week and are
now feeding more water into Goyder's Lagoon.
At Glengyle in Queensland the river levels in Eyre Creek are falling. High
river levels will continue in the coming weeks, flowing through the dune country
and into Goyder's Lagoon.
Water will continue to flow into Lake Eyre during the coming months.
Would anybody with local knowledge care to elaborate on what this all means in terms of comparing this flood to others?