The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has issued flash flooding and severe weather warnings for Channel Country, the Peninsula, north tropical coast and the Herbert and Lower Burdekin.
A weak tropical low is set to dump more heavy rain on Sunday.
BoM senior forecaster Gordon Banks told AAP the low was off the coast of Cape Melville, on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula.
"It's likely to continue moving west," he said.
"We do expect the rainfall to increase markedly in the latter part of Sunday and on Monday."
He said the bureau was closely monitoring the weak low on the off chance it crossed over into water on the Gulf and developed into a cyclone.
The bureau says a strong southeast wind change moving northwards over the east coast is likely to bring heavy rainfall to the tropical coast between Cooktown and Bowen on Sunday night and on Monday.
Since 9am Saturday Murray Flats recorded 104mm rain and Kowanyama had 82mm.
A flood warning is current for the Nicholson and Lower Norman Rivers.
Mr Banks said a second low was also producing soggy conditions and flooding in western Queensland.
"It produced excessively heavy rainfall over parts of the Channel Country overnight," he said.
"The highest reading we have is ... 313mm at Bedourie," he said.
"That's a record for Bedourie."
Major flood levels
The bureau warns major flood levels are expected at Bedourie on Sunday.
There are flood warnings out on the Georgina River and Eyre Creek.
Emergency Management Queensland area director Elliott Dunn told AAP all roads were closed in the Diamantina Shire which covers the towns of Birdsville and Bedourie.
"The water is really slow moving and (Bedourie) is protected by a levee bank (while Birdsville is on higher ground)," he said.
"Every road in the shire is cut, all the main access roads are dirt.
"Normal rain usually closes them off."
Mr Dunn said it could be a long wait for residents in the area. "I expect the roads to be closed for two to four weeks."
He said there were enough supplies in the shire to last that long.
"They got trucks in before this came," he said.
"They'll have enough food for probably the next month and then after that we can fly more in if we need to.
"They're quite well versed at that, it's not an unusual occurrence."
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