Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Advice Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Media: Transmitters serving the area south of Exmouth to Denham and inland to Murchison are requested to USE the Standard Emergency Warning Signal before broadcasting the following warning. TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 93 Issued at 02:00 PM WST on Friday 27 March 2026 Headline: Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle, category 3, has crossed the coast south of Coral Bay. Areas Affected: Warning zone: West of Onslow to Jurien Bay, including Exmouth, Coral Bay, Carnarvon, Denham and Geraldton, and extending inland to Murchison and Dalwallinu. Watch zone: None. Cancelled zone: None. Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle 34U at 2:00 pm AWST: Intensity: Category 3, sustained winds near the centre of 150 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 205 kilometres per hour. Location: within 30 kilometres of 23.6 degrees South 113.8 degrees East, estimated to be 55 kilometres south of Coral Bay and 140 kilometres north of Carnarvon. Movement: south at 23 kilometres per hour. Narelle is now over land south of Coral Bay, and moving south southeast with severe impacts occurring on the northern Gascoyne and far western Pilbara coasts. Although Narelle is weakening, severe impacts at Carnarvon remain possible this afternoon as Narelle passes by to the east. On Saturday, Narelle is expected to be weakening rapidly as it moves quickly to the south southeast over land, with impacts extending to the Central West and then further inland and south across the South West Land Division. During Saturday the strongest winds are expected to be on the eastern side of the system. Hazards: The VERY DESTRUCTIVE CORE of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle with extreme wind gusts up to 205 km/h has crossed the coast south of Coral Bay, and is moving south southeast. Carnarvon could see wind gusts up to 190 km/h this afternoon. DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS in excess of 125 km/h are occurring along the west Pilbara coast between south of Exmouth and Cape Cuvier. DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS in excess of 125 km/h are expected to extend south to Carnarvon and then possibly to Denham this afternoon, and through inland parts of the Central West and adjacent western Gascoyne later today, possibly as far south as Morawa Saturday morning. GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 120 km/h are occurring in coastal areas between west of Onslow and south of Carnarvon, and extending over adjacent inland areas. Gales will extend south to Denham this afternoon and further south to Kalbarri and inland, possibly as far east as Murchison today. Gales may extend south to Jurien Bay and inland to Dalwallinu during Saturday morning. HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is possible over western parts of the Pilbara, Gascoyne and Central West as Narelle moves past. Areas of INTENSE RAINFALL that may lead to SEVERE FLASH FLOODING have occurred through the western Pilbara west of Onslow this morning, and will continue to extend further south into the northwestern Gascoyne today. Coastal residents between Onslow and Denham are specifically warned of a DANGEROUS STORM TIDE as the cyclone moves south down the Gascoyne coast. Tides will rise significantly above the normal high tide, with DAMAGING WAVES and DANGEROUS FLOODING. A Severe Weather Warning is also current for damaging to locally destructive winds and heavy rainfall on Saturday across much of southwest WA east of Perth and northeast of Albany. 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