A severe weather warning for heavy rainfall has been issued for parts of South Australia’s south-east and Riverland, including Renmark and Naracoorte.

Key points:

  • Flash flooding from heavy rain is expected in parts of the Riverland and the state’s south-east
  • People living in Stockport have been asked to prepare for flooding
  • The largest rainfall on Sunday was 95 millimetres at Renmark

A flood Watch and Act message also remains in place for Stockport, north of Adelaide, because of a high risk the Light and Gilbert rivers could flood.

People living in Stockport are asked to prepare for flooding and leave if they require time to leave or if they are not prepared.

Advice messages are issued for Renmark and Berri in the Riverland and Light and Gilbert, north of Adelaide.

Renmark received 95 millimetres of rain in less than 24 hours while Loxton had 34 millimetres.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding is possible early on Monday for towns around the Victorian and South Australian border, including Renmark, Lameroo, Bordertown, Loxton, Berri and Naracoorte.

They are forecasting 20 to 30 millimetres of rain to fall.

A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of South Australia’s south-east and Riverland near the Victorian border.(Bureau of Meteorology)

The rain is expected to ease as a low pressure system move eastwards.

“Even though things have eased off, we’re still expecting the odd shower today,” senior meteorologist Vince Rowlands said.

South Australian State Emergency Service (SES) duty officer Brenton Clarke said they received 167 calls for help on Sunday.

“Majority of those requests were in the Riverland area, where we had 98 requests for assistance and particularly Renmark where they were impacted by quite a significant thunderstorm cell and there were 70 requests for assistance,” he said.

“Because of the amount of rainfall we’ve had over the last few days, the ground is obviously saturated and catchment areas are quite flooded, so any rain we do get, we’ll be looking closely at the impacts it may have.”

SES also reminded people to not drive through floodwaters.

“Earlier today we received a call for assistance after a motorist drove into floodwaters and became trapped,” SES chief of staff Darren Halleday said on Sunday.

“It is a timely reminder that driving through floodwaters is never safe and it is the number one cause of death during flooding events.”

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