Severe Weather Warning Issued Across Melbourne And Central Victoria For Tonight

Melbourne will see a severe weather warning tonight as a storm front rolls across Victoria.

Severe thunderstorms are rolling across Victoria from the west, and are likely to hit Melbourne between 6 and 9 pm tonight.

The storms are tipped to bring damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones over the next several hours.

Locations which may be affected include Bendigo, Shepparton, Seymour, Maryborough, Ballarat, Geelong and Melbourne.

Areas west of Melbourne have already received heavy rainfall, with Stawell recording nine millimetres of rain in nine minutes and Longerenong, near Horsham, recording 20 millimetres in 20 minutes.

Flash flooding has already been witnessed in Murrayville.