Source: Bureau of Meteorology

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 20
Issued at 8:50 am WST on Thursday 17 April 2025

Headline:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol to start weakening and move towards the west Kimberley coast today.

Areas Affected:
Warning Zone
None.

Watch Zone
Kuri Bay to Broome, not including Broome .

Cancelled Zone
None.

Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol 29U at 8:00 am AWST:
Intensity: Category 4, sustained winds near the centre of 185 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 260 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 30 kilometres of 15.0 degrees South 118.9 degrees East, estimated to be 485 kilometres northwest of Broome and 520 kilometres west northwest of Cockatoo Island.

Movement: south at 6 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol is Category 4 and moving slowly south. It will turn to the east southeast during, taking it towards the west Kimberley coast.

Errol is expected to start quickly weakening later today decreasing in strength to Category 2 during Friday, then to Category 1 overnight Friday and below tropical cyclone strength as it crosses the Kimberley coast early Saturday morning.

Hazards:
Gales with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS may develop between Cockatoo Island and Beagle Bay from later Friday morning, and may extend to Kuri Bay overnight Friday or early Saturday morning. Gales with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS could extend southwards from Beagle Bay to Broome during Friday, only if the track shifts slightly south of its current forecast.

DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS of up to 140 kilometres per hour may develop between Cockatoo Island to Beagle Bay later Friday, but only if Errol moves faster than forecast.

Isolated HEAVY RAINFALL may develop between Kuri Bay and Broome during Friday and persist during Saturday morning as Errol moves closer to and crosses the west Kimberley coast.

Tides may rise above the normal high tide mark, but sea levels should not exceed the highest tide of the year.

Recommended Action:
DFES advises: 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.

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