Brisbane has experienced heavy rain and damaging winds, but NSW has avoided a drenching, with the earlier severe thunderstorm warning now cancelled.

Sydney's western suburbs experienced a lot of rain throughout most of Tuesday, but the CBD was mostly spared.

An earlier severe thunderstorm has now been cancelled by the Bureau of Meterology, with their latest update saying storms are no longer occurring in NSW and the ACT.

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Lightning, thunder and rain has already hit Queensland and is expected to arrive in NSW later this afternoon. Photo: Facebook

Dubbo in central western NSW bore the brunt of the storm on Monday with more than 69mm of rain dumped in the area.

Severe storms hit Queensland on Tuesday, with much of southwest Queensland experiencing damaging winds and heavy rainfall in the morning and early afternoon.

The BoM had issued a severe weather warning for areas including Gympie, Kenilworth, Amamoor and the area northwest of Mapleton in Queensland.

They advised that flash flooding was likely. Rainfall of 105mm fell in an hour west of Yandina.

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The BoM has issued a severe weather warning for south east Queensland. Photo: Bureau of Meteorology

The thunderstorms have left thousands of people without power after lightning damaged a substation north of Brisbane.

Across south-east Queensland more than 7,000 homes are without electricity, mostly around the Moreton Bay region.

In Esk, the clean up has now begun after lightning brought down trees earlier on Tuesday.

The storms have also damaged two roofs in Goombungee, about two hours drive from the west of Brisbane, the Courier Mail reported.

The storm also brought down power lines and caused flash flooding around Toowoomba.

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