The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for the North East, with 20-40 millimetres of rain – or up to 60mm in some areas that experience thunderstorms – expected over 24 hours from Monday night.

The heavy rain could also lead to flash flooding in Corryong, Bright, Mansfield, Falls Creek, Mount Hotham and Mount Buller. 

Rain is expected to ease to showers later on Tuesday morning.

The wet weather will likely hit the Border during Anzac Day dawn and morning services and parades, but RSL branches still expect people will turn out to pay their respects.

Wodonga RSL sub branch president Kevyn Williams said tents would be set up in Woodland Grove to keep people dry during the Anzac Day breakfast.

He said there was not much that could be done about holding the march in the rain but he was not worried.

“We’ve had rain before and we’ve always had great crowds,” Mr Williams said.

“It just a day when people don’t worry about the weather, they just attend.”

Albury RSL president Mark Dando quipped he was “looking for more umbrellas, larger ones” to cope with the expected rain.

“It’s Anzac Day, we’ll still go ahead no matter what,” he said.

Border residents are no strangers to a wet Anzac Day – the 100th anniversary services of 2015 began with cracks of thunder and heavy rain.

But huge crowds still turned out for that extra special occasion and RSLs will be hoping the commitment will remain in 2017.