TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 8
Issued by the BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY,
DARWIN
at 11:00 am CST Wednesday 16 February 2011
A Cyclone WARNING is now current for coastal areas from
Daly River Mouth to
Goulburn Island, including
Darwin, Croker Island and the Tiwi Islands.
A Cyclone WATCH continues for coastal areas from Port Keats to
Daly River Mouth.
At 9:30 am CST Tropical Cyclone Carlos, Category 1 was estimated to be 3
kilometres northeast of
Darwin and 110 kilometres south southeast of Snake Bay
and moving northeast at 5 kilometres per hour.
The cyclone is expected to take a south or southwestward track tomorrow after
moving slowly into the Beagle Gulf today.
GALES with gusts to 110 kilometres per hour are currently being experienced on
the coast between
Darwin and
Point Stuart. GALES are expected to develop over
the southern Tiwi Islands later today, and may extend further south to Daly
River Mouth tonight and as far as Port Keats on Thursday.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS with gusts to 130 kilometres per hour may develop over the
southern Tiwi Islands early Thursday if the system continues to intensify.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS with gusts to 130 kilometres per hour may extend to the coast
between
Darwin and
Daly River Mouth later Thursday or early Friday.
GALES may develop between
Point Stuart and
Goulburn Island, including Croker
Island tonight, if the cyclone takes a more easterly track.
Tides will be HIGHER THAN NORMAL between
Point Stuart and
Daly River Mouth,
including the Tiwi Islands. Large waves may produce MINOR FLOODING of low-lying
coastal areas.
HEAVY RAIN is causing widespread flooding in the northern
Darwin-Daly District
and the Tiwi Islands.
The Territory Controller advises residents from
Daly River Mouth to
Goulburn
Island including the Tiwi Islands and Croker Island that now is the time to make
final preparations to your
home shelter or identify which public emergency
shelter to use.