Name: INGRID
Severity Category: 3
Situation At: 10PM CST [8:30PM WST] Sunday 13 March 2005
Warning Area: Daly River Mouth to Point Stuart, including the Tiwi Islands
Watch Area: Kalumburu to Daly River Mouth
Location: 11.4S 130.8E
Recent Movement: W at 10 km/h
Remarks: NOTE: all times on map are in CST.
The VERY DESTRUCTIVE CORE of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE INGRID, with gusts to 215 kilometres per hour, is currently crossing MELVILLE ISLAND, and is expected to continue moving west across the TIWI ISLANDS tonight.
GALES with gusts to 120 kilometres per hour are being experienced on the TIWI ISLANDS and in the western VAN DIEMEN GULF. GALES will extend southwest to DARWIN overnight before easing during the day on Monday. At this stage, it is expected that only the southern edge of INGRID will affect DARWIN.
GALES may extend further southwest to DALY RIVER MOUTH on Monday, and then further southwest to KALUMBURU by Tuesday evening, if the cyclone takes a southwest track into the Timor Sea.
DANGEROUSLY HIGH TIDES could cause EXTENSIVE FLOODING on the coasts of the TIWI ISLANDS.
HEAVY RAIN may cause localised flooding and significant river and stream rises in the northwest TOP END.
The next threat map will be issued at 2 AM CST (12:30 AM WST) Monday 14 March 2005.
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
Northern Territory Region
Darwin Regional Forecasting Centre
TOP PRIORITY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 62
Issued by the BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, DARWIN
at 11:00 pm CST [9:30 pm WST] Sunday 13 March 2005
A CYCLONE WARNING continues for coastal and island communities between DALY
RIVER MOUTH and POINT STUART, including the TIWI ISLANDS and DARWIN.
A CYCLONE WATCH extends southwest to KALUMBURU in Western Australia.
The CYCLONE WARNING for CAPE DON has been cancelled.
At 10pm CST [8:30 pm WST] SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE INGRID, CATEGORY 3, was
located about 15 kilometres east northeast of SNAKE BAY and 115 kilometres north
of DARWIN, moving west at 10 kilometres per hour.
The VERY DESTRUCTIVE CORE of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE INGRID, with gusts to 215
kilometres per hour, is currently crossing MELVILLE ISLAND, and is expected to
continue moving west across the TIWI ISLANDS tonight.
GALES with gusts to 120 kilometres per hour are being experienced on the TIWI
ISLANDS and in the western VAN DIEMEN GULF. GALES will extend southwest to
DARWIN overnight before easing during the day on Monday. At this stage, it is
expected that only the southern edge of INGRID will affect DARWIN.
GALES may extend further southwest to DALY RIVER MOUTH on Monday, and then
further southwest to KALUMBURU by Tuesday evening, if the cyclone takes a
southwest track into the Timor Sea.
DANGEROUSLY HIGH TIDES could cause EXTENSIVE FLOODING on the coasts of the TIWI
ISLANDS.
HEAVY RAIN may cause localised flooding and significant river and stream rises
in the northwest TOP END.
Details of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE INGRID at 10 pm CST [8:30 pm WST]:
. Centre located near...... 11.4 degrees South 130.8 degrees East
. Location accuracy........ within 30 kilometres
. Recent movement.......... towards the west at 10 km/h
. Wind gusts near centre... 215 kilometres per hour
. Intensity................ CATEGORY 3
. Central pressure......... 955 hectoPascals
REPEATING: The VERY DESTRUCTIVE CORE of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE INGRID is
currently crossing MELVILLE ISLAND and is expected to continue moving west
across the TIWI ISLANDS overnight.
The NEXT ADVICE will be issued at 2 am CST [00:30 am WST].
This advice is available on telephone NT-1300 659 211 and WA-1300 659 210
DARWIN Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
INGRID HAS WEAKENED OVER LAND, BUT SOON IT WILL BE OVER WATER AGAIN. NOGAPS CONTINUES FORECASTING INGRID FINAL LANDFALL IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS IN THE NE COAST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BY THE WAY, THEY ARE ALREADY GETTING READY FOR THIS ONE.