Weather Warnings - Tropical Cyclone Advice for System 1
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Advice For Queensland
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this warning.
PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 37
Issued at 04:42 AM EST on Friday 26 January 2024
Headline:
Ex-tropical Cyclone Kirrily has weakened to a tropical low.
Areas Affected:
Warning zone: None.
Watch zone: None.
Cancelled zone: Cardwell to Ayr, including Townsville and extending inland to Charters Towers.
Details of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily at 4:00 am AEST:
Intensity: Tropical Low, sustained winds near the centre of 55 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 85 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 35 kilometres of 19.6 degrees South 145.2 degrees East, estimated to be 170 kilometres west southwest of Townsville and 125 kilometres west northwest of Charters Towers.
Movement: west southwest at 24 kilometres per hour.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has weakened to a tropical low as it continues to track inland northwest of Charters Towers.
Ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily will track further inland today and over the weekend, resulting in heavy to intense rain and possible damaging winds to parts of the northern interior and western Queensland.
Hazards:
HEAVY to locally INTENSE RAINFALL and locally DAMAGING WINDS are expected across the northern interior and western Queensland into the weekend as ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily tracks further inland. A Severe Weather Warning is current for these conditions; refer to that product for more information.
Recommended Action:
- For cyclone preparedness and safety advice, visit Queensland's Disaster Management Services website (www.disaster.qld.gov.au) - For emergency assistance call the Queensland State Emergency Service (SES) on 132 500 (for assistance with storm damage, rising flood water, fallen trees on buildings or roof damage).
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