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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 54
Issued at 02:53 PM WST on Tuesday 24 March 2026

Headline:
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle expected to redevelop into a tropical cyclone tonight and move roughly parallel to the Pilbara coast on Wednesday and Thursday.

Areas Affected:
Warning zone: South of Beagle Bay to Kuri Bay, and Dampier to Bidyadanga, including Dampier, Karratha and Port Hedland.

Watch zone: Exmouth to Dampier, including Exmouth and Onslow.

Cancelled zone: None.

Details of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle 34U 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 35 kilometres of 15.7 degrees South 123.9 degrees East, estimated to be 70 kilometres west southwest of Kuri Bay and 305 kilometres northeast of Broome.
Movement: west southwest at 17 kilometres per hour.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle has moved offshore of the west Kimberley coast and forecast to redevelop into a tropical cyclone tonight.
Narelle will continue moving to the west southwest, roughly parallel to the Pilbara coast during Wednesday and Thursday, and is forecast to reach severe (category 3) intensity Wednesday night. While Narelle is likely to be over waters well to the north of the Pilbara during Wednesday and Thursday, gales may extend to the Pilbara coast during this time.
On Friday Narelle is expected to turn south to southeast towards the WA west coast with impacts expected as far south as the Lower West on the weekend.

Hazards:
GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 90 km/h may develop today along the coast between Cockatoo Island and Kuri Bay and extend to south of Beagle Bay overnight before gradually easing during Wednesday morning, as the system moves further away from the west Kimberley coast.
GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 100 km/h may develop along the coast between Bidyadanga and De Grey during Wednesday morning. Gales are forecast to extend further west along the Pilbara coast to Port Hedland and Karratha later Wednesday. GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 120 km/h may develop west to Exmouth later Thursday.
Isolated HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING may occur across parts of the north and west Kimberley today.
Tides will be higher than normal between Port Hedland and North West Cape. LARGE WAVES may produce MINOR FLOODING of low-lying coastal areas.

Recommended Action:
DFES advises:
Ensure you know what to do in a cyclone. For the latest DFES community alerts and warnings visit www.emergency.wa.gov.au or download the Emergency WA app.

Cyclone advices and DFES Alerts are available by dialling 13 DFES (13 3337)

A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at:
http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone