Northern Territory Emergency Service NT EMERGENCY SERVICE MESSAGE: Storm Advice

Thursday 19 December 2024

LOCATION/S: Carpentaria and Arnhem districts.

ALERT LEVEL: Advice - An incident has started. Stay up to date in case the situation changes.

THIS IS UPDATE #: 2

INFORMATION CURRENT AS AT: 2:20 pm Thursday, 19 December 2024.

RISKS FACED BY PEOPLE IN THE AREA:

Damaging Winds

WHAT TO DO:

Prepare your household emergency plan and kit nowStay informed by following SecureNT on Facebook or listen to ABC Local RadioMonitor conditions via [http://www.bom.gov.au/nt/warnings]

For emergency service in floods, storms or cyclones call 132 500

ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC:

Weather Situation: An outflow boundary from previous thunderstorm activity is advancing westwards along the Carpentaria coast this afternoon, triggering new thunderstorms that are likely to produce damaging wind gusts.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours.

100 km/h wind gust was recorded at Centre Island at 12:14 pm.

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 is due to be issued by 5:20 pm.

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