Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Advice Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre Media: Transmitters serving the area south of Minilya Roadhouse to Morawa 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 97 Issued at 05:56 PM WST on Friday 27 March 2026 Headline: Tropical Cyclone Narelle lies inland from the Gascoyne coast east of Carnarvon. Areas Affected: Warning zone: Coral Bay to Jurien Bay, including Carnarvon, Denham and Geraldton, and extending inland to Murchison and Dalwallinu. Watch zone: None. Cancelled zone: Exmouth to Coral Bay. Details of Tropical Cyclone Narelle 34U at 6:00 pm AWST: Intensity: Category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 110 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 155 kilometres per hour. Location: within 30 kilometres of 24.9 degrees South 114.2 degrees East, estimated to be 55 kilometres east of Carnarvon and 130 kilometres north northeast of Denham. Movement: south southeast at 37 kilometres per hour. Narelle lies over the Gascoyne east of Carnarvon and is weakening as it moves quickly south-southeast. On Saturday, the system is expected to continue tracking quickly south-southeast over land while weakening further. Impacts will extend into the Central West, before spreading further inland and south across the South West Land Division. The strongest winds are expected to remain on the eastern side of the system. Hazards: DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS in excess of 125 km/h extend from Minilya Roadhouse to Carnarvon and inland to Gascoyne Junction. DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS in excess of 125 km/h are expected to extend south and may reach Overlander Roadhouse during this evening, and through inland parts of the Central West and adjacent western Gascoyne overnight, possibly as far south as Morawa Saturday morning. GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 120 km/h are occurring in coastal areas between Coral Bay and Denham, and extending over adjacent inland areas. Gales will extend south to Kalbarri and inland this evening, possibly as far east as Murchison. 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 are possible through southern parts of the Gascoyne overnight. Tides between Exmouth and Denham are likely to rise above the normal high tide mark with LARGE WAVES and MINOR FLOODING of low-lying coastal areas. 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