Source: Bureau of Meteorology

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 53

Issued at 7:52 am WST on Monday 9 February 2026
Headline:

Tropical Cyclone Mitchell (21U), category 1, impacting the Ningaloo coast. Forecast to move down the Ningaloo and Gascoyne coasts towards Carnarvon during Monday.
Areas Affected:
Warning Zone

Ningaloo to Overlander Roadhouse, including Carnarvon, and Denham, and extending inland through the western Pilbara and western Gascoyne including Gascoyne Junction.
Watch Zone

None.
Cancelled Zone

Exmouth to Giralia.
Details of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell 21U at 8:00 am AWST:

Intensity: Category 1, sustained winds near the centre of 85 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 120 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 20 kilometres of 23.0 degrees South 113.5 degrees East, estimated to be 135 kilometres south southwest of Exmouth and 210 kilometres north of Carnarvon.

Movement: south southwest at 14 kilometres per hour.

Tropical Cyclone Mitchell (21U), a category 1 cyclone, is expected to move southwards along the Ningaloo and Gascoyne coasts this morning. Mitchell is expected to track to the southeast later today and maintain category 1 strength until it crosses the Gascoyne Coast, expected later on Monday.

Mitchell will weaken overnight Monday and is expected to be below cyclone strength Tuesday morning as it moves over land through the southern Gascoyne.
Hazards:

GALES with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 120 km/h are occurring about coastal areas south of Exmouth to north of Cape Cuvier, extending to far northern Gascoyne. During Monday, GALES should extend further south through the western Gascoyne, developing over Carnarvon in the afternoon and possibly to Denham, Wooramel, Overlander Roadhouse, and Gascoyne Junction during the evening.

Isolated HEAVY to INTENSE RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is possible over the west Pilbara coast, extending to the west Gascoyne region during Monday and continuing overnight into Tuesday.

ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES are expected to rise above the normal high tide mark along the far west Pilbara coast including Exmouth on the morning's early high tide, and at Coral Bay on Monday afternoon's high tide causing FLOODING of low-lying coastal areas. ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES are expected along the Gascoyne coast, including Carnarvon on Monday afternoon's high tide and possibly further south to Denham overnight Monday.
Recommended Action:

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