Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Issued at 11:54 am WST on Thursday 17 April 2025
Headline:

Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol is weakening and now tracking to the east southeast, towards the west Kimberley coast.
Areas Affected:
Warning Zone

Kuri Bay to Broome, not including Broome .
Watch Zone

None.
Cancelled Zone

None.
Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol 29U at 11:00 am AWST:

Intensity: Category 4, sustained winds near the centre of 165 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 230 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 30 kilometres of 15.1 degrees South 119.1 degrees East, estimated to be 465 kilometres northwest of Broome and 495 kilometres west northwest of Cockatoo Island.

Movement: east southeast at 6 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol is Category 4 and has started to move to the east southeast over the last 3 hours. It will continue on the east southeast track towards the west Kimberley coast during today and Friday.

Errol has started weakening and is expected to quickly weaken further, decreasing in strength to Category 2 early Friday, then to Category 1 later Friday as it brushes the tip of the Dampier Peninsula. It is forecast to weaken below tropical cyclone strength as it crosses the Kimberley coast overnight Friday most likely between Cape Leveque and Cockatoo Island, north of Derby.
Hazards:

Gales with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS may develop between Cockatoo Island and Beagle Bay from Friday morning, and may extend to Kuri Bay Friday evening and overnight Friday. Gales with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS could extend southwards from Beagle Bay to Broome during Friday, only if the track shifts south of its current forecast.

DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS of up to 140 kilometres per hour may develop between Cockatoo Island to Beagle Bay from about the middle of the day, but only if Errol does not weaken as quickly as forecast.

Isolated HEAVY RAINFALL may develop between Kuri Bay and Broome during Friday and persist during Saturday morning as Errol moves closer to and crosses the west Kimberley coast.

Tides may rise above the normal high tide mark, but sea levels should not exceed the highest tide of the year.
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.

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