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Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre
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TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 28
Issued by the BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, DARWIN
at 2:00 am CST [12:30 am WST] Tuesday 15 December 2009
A Cyclone WARNING continues for coastal areas from Kuri Bay to Wyndham.
A Cyclone WATCH continues for coastal areas from Beagle Bay to Kuri Bay.
At 12:30 am CST [11:00 pm WST] Tropical Cyclone Laurence, Category 1 was
estimated to be 125 kilometres north northeast of Kalumburu and 210 kilometres
northeast of Mitchell Plateau and moving west southwest at 14 kilometres per
hour.
Tropical Cyclone Laurence is moving west southwest and is expected to continue
curving southwest towards the northwest Kimberley coast in Western Australia.
GALES with gusts to 100 kilometres per hour are expected over the north
Kimberley coast and adjacent inland areas, extending west during today.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS with gusts to 130 kilometres per hour may develop between
Kalumburu and Kuri Bay later today.
HEAVY RAIN is expected in the north Kimberley region today as the cyclone moves
closer to the coast.
FESA-State Emergency Service advises of the following community alerts:
YELLOW ALERT:
People in or near the communities of Kalumburu, Mitchell Plateau
and Faraway Bay should be taking action in preparation for the cyclone's
arrival.
BLUE ALERT:
People in or near the communities of Oombulgurri and Kuri Bay should
start taking precautions.
Details of Tropical Cyclone Laurence at 12:30 am CST [11:00 pm WST]:
.Centre located near...... 13.2 degrees South 126.9 degrees East
.Location accuracy........ within 35 kilometres
.Recent movement.......... towards the west southwest at 14 kilometres per hour
.Wind gusts near centre... 110 kilometres per hour, and slowly intensifying
.Severity category........ 1
.Central pressure......... 993 hectoPascals
The next advice will be issued by 5:00 am CST Tuesday 15 December[3:30 am WST
Tuesday 15 December].
DARWIN Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
