Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Advice Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this warning. TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 44 Issued at 09:05 AM WST on Monday 23 March 2026 Headline: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle moving across the north Kimberley during tonight, likely to redevelop over waters west of the Kimberley early on Wednesday. Areas Affected: Warning zone: Mitchell Plateau to the WA/NT Border. Watch zone: Beagle Bay to southwest of Mitchell Plateau. Cancelled zone: None. Details of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle 34U at 8:00 am AWST: Intensity: Tropical Low, sustained winds near the centre of 55 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 85 kilometres per hour. Location: within 35 kilometres of 14.1 degrees South 129.4 degrees East, estimated to be 25 kilometres north northwest of Wadeye and 210 kilometres northeast of Wyndham. Movement: west at 16 kilometres per hour. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle is located over the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf near the NT/WA Border, and will move across north Kimberely during tonight as a well-defined tropical low. A Severe Weather Warning is current for parts of the NT for heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts. Gales may redevelop to the north of the centre and impact exposed coastal areas of the northeast Kimberley coast during today to the east of Mitchell Plateau. The system is not expect to redevelop into a tropical cyclone during this time. The passage of the tropical low across the north Kimberley is likely to be accompanied by heavy rainfall during today and into Tuesday. The risk of gales extends west to Beagle Bay during Tuesday, and Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle is forecast to move offshore of the west Kimberley coast later on Tuesday. It continues moving west southwest to the north of the Pilbara coast during Wednesday, and there is a High chance of redeveloping into a tropical cyclone by early Wednesday morning. Hazards: HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is likely to develop across the north Kimberley during today and continue into Tuesday morning. GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 90 km/h may develop along the coast between Mitchell Plateau and the WA/NT border during Monday and overnight into Tuesday as the low moves west. GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 100 km/h may develop along the coast between Beagle Bay and Mitchell Plateau during Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday. 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. Cyclone advices and DFES Alerts are available by dialling 13 DFES (13 3337) A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at: http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone