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 50 Issued at 02:45 AM WST on Tuesday 24 March 2026 Headline: Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle may lead to heavy rain across the north Kimberley this morning before moving off the west Kimberley coast and redeveloping by early Wednesday morning. Areas Affected: Warning zone: Beagle Bay to Kuri Bay. Watch zone: Cape Preston to Wallal Downs, including Karratha and Port Hedland. Cancelled zone: None. Details of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle 34U at 2:00 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 55 kilometres of 15.3 degrees South 125.9 degrees East, estimated to be 150 kilometres east of Kuri Bay and 490 kilometres northeast of Broome. Movement: west southwest at 22 kilometres per hour. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle is moving across the north Kimberley. A Severe Weather Warning is current in this area for heavy rainfall and damaging winds. The system will move offshore from the northwest Kimberley coast during the morning. Gales may develop to the north of the system and impact exposed coastal areas of the northwest Kimberley coast west of Kuri Bay, extending to Beagle Bay by the evening. From Wednesday, the system will continue moving to the west southwest, roughly parallel to the Pilbara coast. There is a High chance that it redevelops into a tropical cyclone by early Wednesday, and it is forecast to reach severe (category 3) intensity by Wednesday evening. While the system is likely to be over waters to the north of the Pilbara during Wednesday, gales may develop along the Pilbara coast. Longer term the system is expected to take a more southerly track and may impact western parts of WA, however there is significant uncertainty as to which parts will be impacted. Hazards: HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING may occur across parts of the north Kimberley this morning. GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 90 km/h may develop along the coast between Kuri Bay and Beagle Bay during the day. Gales in this area are expected to then ease by Wednesday morning, as the system moves further away from the west Kimberley coast. GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 100 km/h may develop along the coast between Wallal Downs and Port Hedland from Wednesday afternoon, especially if the system takes a track further south. Gales may extend further west to Cape Preston (including Karratha) Wednesday night into Thursday morning. 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