Severe weather warning issued for Thursday, SA

A severe weather warning has been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology predicting damaging winds for people in the Adelaide metropolitan district along with those in the Mount Lofty Ranges, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Upper South East, Lower South East and parts of Mid North and Murraylands, according to SA Police.

A vigorous cold front is forecast to move across the southern half of South Australia during Thursday, bringing with it strong and squally winds, an increase in showers and isolated thunderstorms with possible local heavy falls.

The cold front is expected to reach the Adelaide area late afternoon. Please drive to the conditions.

Locations which may be affected include Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Kingscote, Victor Harbor, Mount Gambier and Naracoorte.

The State Emergency Service (SES) will have free sandbags available this evening ahead of the severe weather expected to impact parts of the state tomorrow.

The sandbags will be available from three locations between 7pm and 9pm - Campbelltown SES Unit (141 Montacute Rd, Campbelltown); Enfield SES Unit (Hoods Rd, Northfield) and Port Adelaide-Enfield council (at the end of Heath St, Birkenhead).

For the current warnings from the Bureau for SA please visit: http://www.bom.gov.au/sa/warnings/

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