The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a storm warning for areas south of Brisbane, but senior forecaster Gavin Holcombe said a repeat of yesterday's severe storms was unlikely.

"The situation isn't anywhere near as bad as it was yesterday," he said.

"It's a totally different situation today, but we're very moist, we're still unstable and as a result we're going to see more showers and storms today."

Mr Holcombe said there was still a chance for severe storms today, but "only in the sense of being slow-moving, so they could produce a lot of rain and some local flooding".

A severe storm cell hit Brisbane about 4.30pm yesterday, leaving thousands of homes without power and reports of damage at Redbank Plains and flash flooding at Goodna. However, the city avoided the worst of the damage.

The town of St George recorded a wind gust of 131 kilometres an hour at about 1pm, while a wind gust was recorded at 57 kilometres an hour at Archerfield and 72 kilometres an hour at Double Island Point.

Gympie received 43.8mm of rain, compared to 12.8mm at Brisbane, 14.6mm at Archerfield and 39.8mm at Toolara, near Tin Can Bay.

An Energex spokeswoman said most properties had regained power by 10pm last night, but crews this morning worked to reconnect about 150 customers in Newmarket. These properties have since regained power.

Five thousand of the 25,000 lightning strikes recorded in Queensland by Energex last night happened in the south-east corner.

A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said SES crews had been called to 56 jobs in the south-east Queensland region, which included 30 in the Brisbane region, one at Gympie and 25 in the south-east region, mostly around Redbank Plains and Jimboomba.

"We haven't had any reports of any serious or significant damage," she said.