Weather Warnings - Tropical Cyclone Advices - System 2 (WA)

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Advice For Western Australia
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre

Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this warning.

PRIORITY

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 53
Issued at 02:47 AM WST on Saturday 15 February 2025

Headline:
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Zelia dissipating over the inland Pilbara.

Areas Affected:
Warning zone: None.

Watch zone: None.

Cancelled zone: Inland areas of the eastern Pilbara, including Marble Bar, Nullagine, and Munjina.

Details of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Zelia 18U at 2:00 am AWST:
Intensity: Tropical Low, sustained winds near the centre of 55 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 85 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 110 kilometres of 21.4 degrees South 119.6 degrees East, estimated to be 30 kilometres south southwest of Marble Bar and 75 kilometres northwest of Nullagine.
Movement: south at 8 kilometres per hour.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Zelia is below cyclone intensity and is continuing to weaken as it moves slowly south and further inland through the eastern Pilbara.

Hazards:
HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is occurring to the south of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Zelia. A Severe Weather Warning is current for the southeast Pilbara and northeast Gascoyne. Flood Watches and Warnings are current for catchments in the Pilbara, western Kimberley and northern Gascoyne. Go to www.bom.gov.au/wa/warnings for further details.

Recommended Action:
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

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