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Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
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PRIORITYIssued at 8:48 pm WST on Friday 9 April 2021
Tropical Cyclone Seroja expected to bring dangerous weather conditions to the west coast during Sunday or Monday.
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Coral Bay to Lancelin, and to adjacent inland areas .
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Intensity: Category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 95 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 130 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 45 kilometres of 20.2 degrees South 108.8 degrees East, estimated to be 610 kilometres west northwest of Coral Bay and 720 kilometres northwest of Carnarvon.
Movement: southwest at 16 kilometres per hour.
Tropical Cyclone Seroja has intensified to a category 2 system as it tracks to the southwest over open waters well to the west of the NW Cape. Seroja will continue to intensify on Saturday as it begins to move south.
Weather conditions will change rapidly near the west coast on Sunday as Seroja is forecast to accelerate to the southeast making landfall late Sunday or early Monday between Carnarvon and Jurien Bay. The cyclone should gradually weaken as it moves inland on Monday but still likely to be causing gusty winds east and north of the track.
GALES with gusts to 100 kilometres per hour are likely to develop in an area between Coral Bay and Kalbarri during Sunday. Gales will extend further south towards Lancelin and inland into the Gascoyne and northern Wheatbelt later Sunday and then further inland to the southern Goldfields during Monday.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS with gusts to 150 kilometres per hour are forecast to occur closer to the centre of Seroja as it moves across the coast and into adjacent inland parts.
HEAVY TO INTENSE RAINFALL and FLASH FLOODING are likely close to the track of Seroja during Sunday and Monday.
ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES could cause minor flooding at the coast between Coral Bay and Lancelin, increasing to be SERIOUS FLOODING in the Denham and Shark Bay region.
DFES advises of the following community alerts:
BLUE ALERT: People south of Coral Bay to Geraldton, not including Coral Bay, but including Geraldon need to prepare for cyclonic weather and organise an emergency kit including first aid kit, torch, portable radio, spare batteries, food and water.
People needing SES assistance can call 132 500. In a life-threatening situation call 000. For more safety tips visit www.emergency.wa.gov.au
Communities between Coral Bay and Geraldton should listen for the next advice.
The next advice will be issued by 3:00 am AWST Saturday 10 April.
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
