IDQP0005
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this
warning.
TOP PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 1
Issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
Issued at 4:40am EST on Thursday the 21st of January 2010
A Cyclone WARNING has been declared for coastal areas from Cape Melville to
Cooktown.
A Cyclone WATCH has been declared for coastal areas from Coen to Cape Melville,
and from Cooktown to Cape Tribulation.
At 4:00 am EST Tropical Cyclone Neville, Category 1 was estimated to be
210 kilometres east of Cape Flattery and 235 kilometres east northeast of
Cooktown and was near stationary.
TROPICAL CYCLONE Neville, CATEGORY 1, is expected to remain near stationary off
the far north Queensland coast over the next 24 hours as it slowly intensifies.
GALES extending 75 kilometres out from the centre may possibly develop on the
coast between Cape Melville and Cooktown during the next 24 hours.
People between Cape Melville and Cooktown should take precautions and listen to
the next advice at 8 am.
People between Coen and Cape Melville, and also those between Cooktown and Cape
Tribulation should consider what action they will need to take if the cyclone
threat increases.
Details of Tropical Cyclone Neville at 4:00 am EST:
.Centre located near...... 14.7 degrees South 147.3 degrees East
.Location accuracy........ within 55 kilometres
.Recent movement.......... near stationary
.Wind gusts near centre... 95 kilometres per hour and slowly INTENSIFYING
.Severity category........ 1
.Central pressure......... 994 hectoPascals
