Severe Tropical Cyclone George

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Severe Tropical Cyclone George is now moving over inland parts of the Pilbara south of Port Hedland towards Yandeyarra and West Angeles. VERY DESTRUCTIVE winds are still possible near the track in the next three to six hours although the cyclone is now beginning to weaken as it moves further inland.

At Port Hedland VERY DESTRUCTIVE winds have most likely ceased at Port Hedland but DESTRUCTIVE winds with gusts to 150 kilometres per hour are still possible for the next few hours. Winds should progressively ease throughout the day as the system moves on a south or south southwest track further inland.

DESTRUCTIVE winds with gusts to 130 kilometres per hour may extend inland to Marble Bar this morning extending further south towards Tom Price and Newman during the day.

GALES with wind gusts to 110 kilometres per hour are expected through the remaining parts of the warning area today.

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN and FLOODING are likely across the Pilbara, with falls in excess of 200 millimetres possible close to the cyclone track.

Severe Tropical Cyclone George earlier crossed the coast at 10 pm just to the east of Port Hedland with VERY DESTRUCTIVE winds gusts to 275 kilometres per hour. Port Hedland experienced the western side of the VERY DESTRUCTIVE core of the cyclone between 10pm and midnight.

Advices will be issued at 15 minutes past the hour for the immediate future.
FESA-State Emergency Service advises of the following alerts.
RED ALERT: People in or near coastal communities of Port Hedland, Whim Creek, Pardoo, Marble Bar and Nullagine should move to shelter.
YELLOW ALERT: People in or near coastal communities between Sandfire Roadhouse and Dampier including Roebourne, Wickham, Karratha, Point Samson, Dampier and in or near the inland communities of Tom Price, Pannawonica and Paraburdoo should be taking action in preparation for the cyclone's impact.

Current track map


Further information Warnings Information - Bureau of Meteorology

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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 51
Issued at 5:45 am WDT on Friday, 9 March 2007
BY THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH

A CYCLONE WARNING for a SEVERE CATEGORY 3 cyclone is now current for coastal
areas from Dampier to Sandfire Roadhouse and inland to Tom Price, Newman,
Paraburdoo, Marble Bar and Nullagine and adjacent northern Gascoyne area.

At 5:00 am WDT Severe Tropical Cyclone George was estimated to be
110 kilometres south of Port Hedland and
120 kilometres west of Marble Bar
and moving south southwest at 20 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone George is now moving over inland parts of the Pilbara
south of Port Hedland near Yandeyarra and West Angeles. VERY DESTRUCTIVE winds
are still possible near the track in the next three to six hours although the
cyclone is now beginning to weaken as it moves further inland.

At Port Hedland VERY DESTRUCTIVE winds have most likely ceased at Port Hedland
but DESTRUCTIVE winds with gusts to 150 kilometres per hour are still possible
for the next few hours. Winds should progressively ease throughout the day as
the system moves on a south or south southwest track further inland.

DESTRUCTIVE winds with gusts to 130 kilometres per hour may extend inland to
Marble Bar this morning extending further south towards Tom Price and Newman
during the day.

GALES with wind gusts to 110 kilometres per hour are expected through the
remaining parts of the warning area today.

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN and FLOODING are likely across the Pilbara, with falls in
excess of 200 millimetres likely.

Severe Tropical Cyclone George earlier crossed the coast at 10 pm just to the
east of Port Hedland with VERY DESTRUCTIVE winds gusts to 275 kilometres per
hour. Port Hedland experienced the western side of the VERY DESTRUCTIVE core of
the cyclone between 10pm and midnight.


Tropical Cyclone Advices - System 1 (WA)

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TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 63
Issued at 7:10 pm WDT on Friday, 9 March 2007
BY THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE PERTH

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A CYCLONE WARNING for a CATEGORY 2 CYCLONE GEORGE is now current for the inland
eastern Pilbara, including Newman, Marble Bar and Nullagine, the northeast
Gascoyne, northern Goldfields and adjacent western Interior.

A CYCLONE WATCH for CATEGORY 3 SEVERE CYCLONE JACOB has been declared for
coastal areas from Coral Bay to Sandfire extending inland to include Tom Price
and Marble Bar . Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice for System 2 for details.

At 6:00 pm WDT Tropical Cyclone George was estimated to be
95 kilometres north of Newman and
140 kilometres northwest of Jigalong
and moving southeast at 17 kilometres per hour.

Tropical Cyclone George is moving southeastwards over inland parts of the
Pilbara. DESTRUCTIVE winds with gusts up to 155 kilometres are still possible
near the track during this afternoon although the cyclone is slowly weakening as
it moves further inland.

GALES with wind gusts to 110 kilometres per hour over the central and eastern
Pilbara may extend into the northeast Gascoyne tonight and into the northern
Goldfields and western Interior on Saturday.

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN with totals of 100 to 200 millimetres have fallen in the
Pilbara and falls of 50 to 100 millimetres are likely to extend along the
cyclone track into the northern Goldfields and western Interior on Saturday.

Details of Tropical Cyclone George at 6:00 pm WDT.

Location of centre : within 35 kilometres of
latitude 22.5 south longitude 119.8 east
Recent movement : southeast at 17 kilometres per hour
Central Pressure : 965 hectopascals
Maximum wind gusts : 155 kilometres per hour near the centre.
Severity category : 2

FESA-State Emergency Service advises of the following alerts.
RED ALERT: People in or near communities of Newman, Auski, West Angeles,
Nullagine and Jigalong should move to shelter.
ALL CLEAR WITH CAUTION: People in or near Tom Price, Paraburdoo, Port Hedland,
Whim Creek, Pardoo, Marble Bar and Yandeyarra are advised that the Red Alert has
been lifted and they can PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

Tropical Cyclone Advices - System 1 (WA)