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Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra, S Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, ACT & South Coast, Central Tablelands & South West Slopes Wed 26 Nov 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales

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Severe Weather Warning 
for Damaging Winds

for Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, Australian Capital Territory and parts of South Coast, Central Tablelands and South West Slopes Forecast Districts.

Issued at 4:46 am Wednesday, 26 November 2025.

Damaging wind gusts developing on Wednesday across the southeast, including Wollongong and Canberra.

Weather Situation
A front crosses central New South Wales on Wednesday, bringing increased west to northwesterly flow and damaging wind gusts to parts of the southeast.
DAMAGING WINDS for the following areas:
Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory
DAMAGING WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS in excess of 90 km/h are expected to develop across the warning area from Wednesday morning, continuing through the afternoon, then easing during Wednesday evening.
 Locations which may be affected include Wollongong, Nowra, Canberra, Goulburn, Bowral and Katoomba.

The State Emergency Service advises that people should:
 * Move vehicles under cover or away from trees.
 * Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
 * Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences.
 * Trees that have been damaged by fire are likely to be more unstable and more likely to fall.
 * Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill.
 * Stay vigilant and monitor conditions. Note that the landscape may have changed following bushfires.
 * For emergency help in floods and storms, ring your local SES Unit on 132 500.

The next Severe Weather Warning will be issued by 11:00 am AEDT Wednesday.
Warnings are also available through TV and Radio broadcasts, the Bureau's website at www.bom.gov.au or call 1300 659 210. The Bureau and State Emergency Service would appreciate warnings being broadcast regularly.