Areas of Northern Tasmania have already experienced 30 millimetres of rainfall this morning with more heavy rain, strong winds and possible thunderstorms to cross the region throughout Thursday morning.
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Gray has received 28 millimetres and King Island has received 31 millimetres..
Initial minor flood watches are in place for the South Esk and Meander rivers, but this will be reviewed as the rainfall increases over the North and North East.
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Flood warnings are already in place for the Jordan, Macquarie, Coal and Derwent rivers.
Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Tristan Oakley said the rain totals would combine with the wet soils and higher rivers caused by last weekend's extensive rainfall.
"A lot of the river catchments up in the North at least have a flood watch or a minor flood warning," he said.
"Because of all of the rain we had last weekend, this will be adding to those totals so it might not take much to get those flood levels to rise.
"Our hydrologists are monitoring the situation."
Thunderstorms have also developed over Bass Strait, which could be a key driver of flash flooding should they continue into North East Tasmania.
Strong winds gusting up to 100 kilometres per hour are expected throughout the state, with the most dangerous winds to buffer the East Coast and North-West.
Mr Oakley said the wild weather should ease by mid-afternoon to make way for calm conditions on the weekend.
"We just want everybody to just be careful, especially if there's flash flooding and they're out on the road driving," he said.
