Authorities in the southern Queensland border town of Inglewood are doorknocking homes and asking residents to evacuate, due to rising floodwaters.
State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers are visiting homes in low-lying areas of the town.
Goondiwindi Regional Council Mayor Lawrence Springborg said it is a precautionary measure ahead of more rain expected to fall on the region overnight.
"A fair amount of water is flowing into the nearby Coolmunda Dam, which was already overflowing," he said
"We're expecting at least the volume of that dam to pass through it in the next 24 hours.
"We need to doorknock now because it's very difficult to respond to at night, and we need to take that precaution now."
Records expected to tumble
Century-old November rainfall records are on track to be broken as thunderstorms roll across much of an already sodden state, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says.
Forecaster Helen Reid said the BOM would be examining records with a fine-tooth comb over the next few days.
"It's looking like there's a couple of places that have even had over 100 years of records, in the Wide Bay Burnett region that are going to be able to break a record or two," she said.
"Further west towards Charleville, that might be another option through there — and Bundaberg as well."
While the rain had not been quite that impressive in the state's south-east, Ms Reid said heavy falls could be on the way today.
"I know there was a couple of locations through there that are not quite record-breaking candidates but by the time we get through [today] they may well be on the list as well."
Much of the state can expect showers and thunderstorms until tomorrow, with some isolated wet weather in eastern regions later in the week.
Those showers and thunderstorms will extend to more of the state into the weekend, with no clear indication as to when the wet weather will clear.
A truck driver had to be rescued just before 4:00am after his truck became stuck in floodwater on the Cunningham Highway near Goondiwindi.
The man was safely removed from the cabin and checked by paramedics at the scene.
Residents of Balonne shire in the state's south-west have been advised to be on the alert for flooding in coming days.
Balonne Local Disaster Management Group chair and Balonne Shire Mayor Samantha O'Toole said with more rain expected to fall on already saturated ground, localised flooding is likely.
"There have already been problems with water across some roads, including the Moonie Highway, and this is likely to continue with the ongoing rain," she said.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told parliament this morning State Emergency Service crews have responded to 77 requests for assistance in the past day.
"The Central and North Coast regions were the worst affected areas, with a small number of requests in the Brisbane, south-east and south-west regions," she said.
"Three swiftwater rescue teams have been deployed to Chinchilla, Roma and Goondiwindi."
Authorities watching river levels closely
Minor, moderate, and major flood warnings are in place for a number of rivers across Queensland.
Rivers in eastern and southern areas not currently affected by flood warnings are on flood watch.
The arrival of rain across the central Queensland inland has been welcome news for Claremont grazier Dyan Hughes, who said recent falls at her property had "definitely" broken November records.
"We had 70 millimetres the day before [yesterday] but our farming neighbours had 150 and 190mm and all that rain goes into the creek, our main creek, that flows through here and ends up in the Burdekin, so we had a lot of dams filling and overfilling."
Ms Hughes said it had been a "phenomenal year" after so many years of struggle.
"We're so grateful, we've had 40 years on this place and [in] 2019 we only got 8 inches for the year, and I called it in our rainfall book 'a bugger of a year', and I summarised 2020 as a worrisome year, and this will have to go down as an awesome year," she said.
'You never say no to rain'
At her cattle property about 115 kilometres west of Rockhampton, grazier Olive Smith has seen a good soaking.
"We had 228mm on Sunday, lunch time it was sort of from around 10 to 12 to around half past two," she said.
That's not far off the yearly total for her son, who lives only a five-minute chopper flight away.
"He's just gone over the 300mm for the year."
Ms Smith said they had almost had too much rain, with roads soil washed away, but "you never say no to rain".
"It's just 12 months ago that all those paddocks in front of our place were just bare and we were taking out feed and feeding cows and calves, and everything on the place had to get fed and you could see every stone and rock and ant nest.
"Then you go from that and now you look and it's bright green grass and you think, 'Woohoo!'"
A band of storms moved along the Flinders Highway near Richmond, bringing welcome rain to parts of the north-west.
Richmond received 70mm and Hughenden recorded 47mm this morning.
SES urges acting to minimise flood risk
The State Emergency Services (SES) suggests Queenslanders get to know the risks if faced with the possibility of flooding.
SES state director Glenn Alderton advised people to speak to the local council and ask for the local disaster management plans to see where the flood risks were.
Mr Alderton said there were steps people could take to minimise damage.
"Contact your local government or the SES and get a hold of some sandbags or if you would like to do it proactively you could always go to a nursery and get some sandbags yourself," he said.
"Know where your kids are, don't let them play in the flooded drains and creeks.
"Please don't drive into floodwaters."
Heatwave conditions in the west
The state's north-west can expect a low-intensity heatwave to build from tomorrow, stretching from Mount Isa to the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders.
Ms Reid said those areas could see temperatures "well above the 40-degree mark" for a few days.
"It's not just the specific numbers that we're looking at, we're looking at the effect of the humidity and also how hot it is overnight as well," she said.
"That's a three-day period at least, when you've got high temperatures during the day and also not being able to have any sense of relief overnight either."
