Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this warning.
PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 14
Issued at 2:56 pm WST on Friday 22 January 2021
Headline:
Heavy rain continuing over the east Pilbara and west Kimberley as tropical low approaches Eighty Mile Beach. No longer expected to develop into a Tropical Cyclone.
Areas Affected:
Warning Zone
None.
Watch Zone
None
Cancelled Zone
Bidyadanga to De Grey.
Details of Tropical Low at 2:00 pm AWST:
Intensity: Tropical Low, sustained winds near the centre of 65 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 95 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 55 kilometres of 19.5 degrees South 120.5 degrees East, estimated to be 35 kilometres north northwest of Wallal and 250 kilometres southwest of Broome.
Movement: south southeast at 20 kilometres per hour.
Tropical low (08U) is moving in a southerly direction towards the Eighty Mile Beach area, bringing heavy rain across the eastern Pilbara and southwestern Kimberley. The tropical low is no longer expected to intensify into a tropical cyclone prior to crossing the coast in the vicinity of Eighty Mile Beach tonight.
Hazards:
Heavy rainfall is occurring between Bidyadanga and De Grey and in areas inland from Eighty Mile Beach. It will extend further towards the southeast during Friday evening and heaviest falls will be ahead of the system.
Possible GALES this afternoon and evening are likely to be restricted to coastal waters and exposed coastal sites in the Eighty Mile Beach area.
Strong winds and heavy rainfall are expected to extend into the Interior of WA over the weekend.
A Severe Weather Warning is current for parts of the Kimberley, Pilbara and North Interior.
