Northern Territory Emergency Service NT EMERGENCY SERVICE MESSAGE: Storm Advice

Saturday 30 November 2024

THIS IS UPDATE #: 2

LOCATION/S: Daly, Arnhem and Carpentaria districts.

ALERT LEVEL: Advice - An incident has started. There is no immediate danger. Stay up to date in case the situation changes.

INFORMATION CURRENT AS AT: 10:08 pm Saturday, 30 November 2024.

RISKS FACED BY PEOPLE IN THE AREA:

Heavy rainfall.Possible flash flooding.Possible disruption to essential supplies like electricity, water, and gas.

WHAT TO DO:

Slow down and turn your headlights on.Secure loose outside objects.Stay informed by following SecureNT on Facebook or listen to ABC Local Radio.Monitor conditions via [http://www.bom.gov.au/nt/warnings].Avoid the area – do not enter flood waters.For emergency service in floods, storms or cyclones call 132 500.

ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC: HEAVY, LOCALLY INTENSE RAINFALL

A humid airmass is producing slow moving thunderstorms with heavy to intense rainfall VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS are likely to produce heavy, locally intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the Arnhem district.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the Daly, Arnhem and Carpentaria districts. Locations which may be affected include Pine Creek, Bulman and Arnhem District south of Ramingining. Snowdrop Creek has recorded 95mm in 2 hours to 9:45pm ACST.

For more information:

• For all warnings, visit Secure NT [https://securent.nt.gov.au/] website regularly or listen to ABC local radio.

• For weather information, visit the Bureau of Meteorology [http://www.bom.gov.au/nt/?ref=hdr].

• For the latest river heights, visit Latest River Heights for the Northern Territory Rivers [http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDD60022.html].

• For power outage information, visit the Power and Water [https://www.powerwater.com.au/] website.

• For traffic and road closure information, visit the Road Report NT [https://roadreport.nt.gov.au/] website.

The next update will be provided at 1:10 am Sunday.

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