The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has predicted heavy rainfall and possible flooding for Armidale and surrounds on Monday night and Tuesday.

The Armidale SES team responded to a flood rescue on the weekend, after a driver was caught out crossing a flooded road.

The vehicle got caught in floodwaters on Tom's Gully Road, leading to a multi-agency response and nighttime flood rescue, but the driver managed to escape without injury.

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"Would you walk through a bushfire, no you wouldn't, so why would you walk into floodwater?" SES deputy zone commander Mitch Parker said.

"The biggest thing we ask of people is not to enter or drive through floodwaters."

Five flood rescue operators have been deployed to the New England region from South Australia, and eight Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) teams have been sent to Moree, along with an aircraft designed to help with flood rescues.

State Emergency Services (SES) volunteers across the entire Western region are on standby and are ready for action, Superintendent Parker said.

"Our main focus is on this afternoon and tonight, leading into tomorrow," he said.

"I think and hope that people are taking things more seriously now that we've seen what's happening over on the coast."

Superintendent Parker said the region can expect minor to moderate flooding in rivers like the Gwydir and Upper Macintyre.

"We want people to adhere to, and take seriously, any warnings and notifications," he said.

"What we've seen on the east coast is people not adhering to the evacuation warnings and then 12 hours later they are stuck."

A flood watch is in place for the Gwydir River, the Upper Macintyre River, and the Peel River in Tamworth.

The BoM has also issued a severe weather warning for the region for heavy rain.

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No volunteers have been sent to the coast in response to the flood crisis, but Superindentent Parker said they were "extremely strapped for resources" given the situation.

A multi-agency incident management team has been set up in Gunnedah, and the lead team for the Western Zone is based in Dubbo.

"We have to sit and wait for the rain at the moment ... we are looking at a good 100mm across the area as a whole, but focusing on some good intense downfalls," Superintendent Parker said.

The latest SES flood watch alert indicates moderate flooding is expected for the Peel River, while the Namoi, Gwydir and Upper Macintyre could see moderate to major flooding in the coming days.

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