DESPITE an assortment of warnings from forecasters, yesterday's weather event turned out to be a storm in a teacup.

The Bureau of Meteorology, Weatherzone and other forecasters all released severe weather warnings for hail, strong winds and severe thunderstorms, but the Tweed dodged much of the storm front.

A Weatherzone meteorologist said that with only 0.6mm of rain, very little lightning and no hail, Tweed residents should be feeling decidedly lucky today.

"Just to the north of Brisbane got hit quite severely yesterday. The storms developed on the Gold Coast Hinterland and it moved in a north-east direction from there," he said.

"Storms are really localised systems. You can get places within five kilometres from each other experiencing completely different conditions."

The Tweed experienced the warmest night in three years on Saturday, at 23.2 degrees, which would be conducive to storms building.

However, the storm front missed us completely, leaving residents breathing a sigh of relief.

"Thunderstorms develop due to the rising hot air and when you get a trough and rising hot air as well as a bit of moisture it's good conditions for a thunderstorm to develop," the meteorologist said.

"There was quite a lot of warnings going out, they were going pretty crazy but for many areas not a lot really happened."

Ex-cyclone Oswald and its subsequent destruction meant a rough start to the year for the region, so many residents will likely be happy to see today's sunshine