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Several flood warnings have been issued across Queensland, as the state endures another day of heavy rain and residents brace for severe storms still to come. 

In the state's south-east, the Mary River at Tiaro, north of Gympie, is rising and could reach the major flood level.

Flood gauges show the Mary River is rising rapidly above the moderate level, following days of heavy downpours. 

In the past week, parts of the Mary River catchment have had more than 300 millimetres of rain, while some areas of the Sunshine Coast have had upwards of 400mm. 

The Gympie Regional Council said the Kidd Bridge into Gympie was likely to close at 5:30pm due to rising floodwater. 

Mayor Glen Hartwig said he was watching the river levels "very closely". 

"We've seen the rivers rise a bit quicker than what was expected or anticipated," he said. 

"There's water over roads everywhere, there's heavy downpours coming and going.

"We're finding that the Mary River predictability is a little bit different to what we normally face."

Large hail possible in SEQ

The Bureau of Meteorology warns a severe weather system over the state's inland area will shift to the south-east by Monday and bring more heavy rain.

"There's still multiple days of storms and potentially severe storms to come, with Monday probably the peak day in terms of south-east Queensland risk," senior forecaster Felim Hanniffy said. 

"And it will be the trifecta – that's large hail, damaging winds and heavy rainfall.

"Even an outside chance of some very dangerous storms around the south-east."

Mr Hanniffy said there could also be some increased storm activity on Sunday afternoon.  

"The air is so moist that it wouldn't take much to generate some localised heavy falls, so that risk continues," he said. 

"Some areas have had three times their monthly rainfall [in October].

"Tuesday looks more benign so we do see a bit of a reprieve … but we may not be fully out of the woods in terms of the severe storm risk until about Thursday."

Clermont floods 'starting to settle'

Residents in the Central Highlands around Theresa Creek Dam catchment area had a scare on Saturday and into Sunday when an Emergency Warning was declared for flash flooding.

The alert was lifted on Sunday and Isaac Regional Council Mayor Kelly Vea Vea said she hoped the worst had passed. 

"In the Clermont area, we know that things are starting to settle," she said. 

"Yesterday there was a lot going on after a lot of heavy rain at Theresa Creek Dam. We had 157mm within 24 hours. 

Cr Vea Vea thanked residents who provided "local intelligence" and alerted the council in advance about rainfall upstream. 

"They were on the front foot letting us know what was coming, so that enabled us to also get on the front foot and put out some alerts," she said. 

There are also moderate flood warnings in place for the Warrego River and the Weir River. 

After more than a week of wet and rainy conditions, the weather bureau predicts the forecast will begin clearing up on Tuesday.