South Australia

South Australia severe weather & warning links.

Check South Australian warning information and compare local radar and forecasts for Adelaide, the peninsulas, the Riverland and the south-east.

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Atmosphr guide · Content reviewed 24 September 2026 · Sources & approach

Current Bureau of Meteorology warnings for South Australia

1 current warning listed by the Bureau of Meteorology.

Type	Warning	Issued
Marine and coastal	Marine Wind Warning Summary for South Australia	Mon, 2 Nov, 3:30pm ACDT

Warning titles and issue times from the Bureau of Meteorology's public warnings feed, © Commonwealth of Australia (terms), shown with links only: read each warning on the Bureau's site. Checked every 10 minutes; last received Mon, 2 Nov, 7:23pm ACDT. Atmosphr is not affiliated with the Bureau.

Official information first

This page is a directory, not a live warning feed. Open BOM to check the current warning area and issue time, and South Australian SES for local information. Atmosphr does not issue or reproduce official emergency warnings here.

South Australian weather hazards and when they occur

Heat, bushfire and damaging winds with cold fronts are the recurring hazards in South Australia. Conditions vary widely: SA SES points out that a run of 44 degree days may be normal in Port Augusta but not in Mount Gambier.

Hazard	Typical season	Where in the state	Official source
Heatwave	Summer; SA SES issues a heatwave forecast after 4 pm each day during the summer months	Statewide	SA SES: heatwave
Bushfire	Fire Danger Season dates are set by the CFS for each district	Statewide, including the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island	SA Country Fire Service
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes	Most thunderstorms form from September to March	Statewide; tornadoes are warned for within severe thunderstorm warnings	BOM severe thunderstorms
Damaging winds with cold fronts	Cooler months and frontal passages	Southern and central districts	BOM warnings

South Australian events worth knowing

Ash Wednesday, 16 February 1983. Major fires burned in the Adelaide Hills, the Clare Valley and around Mount Gambier. A cold front later brought winds of 90 to 100 km/h. In South Australia 28 people died, including three CFS volunteers, and 383 homes were destroyed.
Statewide blackout storm, 28 September 2016. A cold front brought supercell thunderstorms with at least seven tornadoes, very large hail and intense rain. Tornadoes damaged 23 transmission towers, and at 3:48 pm the state lost power. Adelaide was reconnected within hours, but some areas took several days.
Kangaroo Island fires, December 2019. Dry lightning on 20 December started fires that burned 211,500 hectares. Two people died and 56 homes were destroyed.

Official South Australian channels

SA SES: call 132 500 for storm and flood emergency help, and 000 if life is at risk. The SES site lists current warnings, heatwave forecasts and sandbag depots.
CFS: warnings and incidents, total fire bans, fire danger ratings and Fire Danger Season dates.
Warning levels: emergency services use the Australian Warning System. the Queensland Government’s explanation of the national system sets out the three levels: Advice (yellow), meaning an incident has started with no immediate danger; Watch and Act (orange), a heightened threat where you should start taking action; and Emergency Warning (red), the highest level, where you may be in danger and need to act immediately.
Fire danger: since 1 September 2022 Australia has used the Australian Fire Danger Rating System. Its four levels are Moderate (plan and prepare), High (prepare to act), Extreme (take action now to protect your life and property) and Catastrophic (for your survival, leave bush fire risk areas).

Using Atmosphr in South Australia

South Australia uses Australian Central time: UTC+9:30, moving to UTC+10:30 with daylight saving. Adelaide is therefore half an hour behind Sydney and Melbourne all year. Atmosphr requests each forecast in the selected place’s local time zone.

For heat, look at the overnight minimum as well as the maximum, because Safe Work Australia notes that warmer nights during a heatwave reduce sleep quality and add to fatigue. Browse the SA forecast hub for regional places. Atmosphr shows Open-Meteo model forecasts and RainViewer radar frames from the recent past. It does not issue warnings, and a quiet map is not an all-clear.

Separate the city forecast from regional conditions

Adelaide is the first shortcut for metropolitan planning. For work outside the city, open the closest available place and confirm its region instead of applying the Adelaide forecast across the state.

Port Lincoln and Mount Gambier provide separate coastal-area starting points. Use the official coastal forecast for activities on the water; land-based wind estimates are not a marine warning service.

For Port Augusta and Renmark, check the route as well as the destination. Use South Australian SES for incident information and the Bureau for weather warnings; a rainfall forecast is not a road-open status or a river-level reading.

Local forecasts and rain radar

Location	Model weather	Recent radar
Adelaide	Adelaide 7-day forecast	Adelaide radar
Mount Gambier	Mount Gambier 7-day forecast	Mount Gambier radar
Port Augusta	Port Augusta 7-day forecast	Port Augusta radar
Port Lincoln	Port Lincoln 7-day forecast	Port Lincoln radar
Renmark	Renmark 7-day forecast	Renmark radar

Today’s forecast for South Australia towns. Each forecast link opens that town’s 7-day forecast page. The radar link opens recent RainViewer composite imagery, including an old BOM-style layout. It is not a station-specific BOM product.

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