TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 39
Issued at 10:55 am EST on Saturday 15 December 2018

Headline:
Owen is moving inland over the northern interior of Queensland and weakening.

Areas Affected:
Warning Zone
Inland areas of the northern interior of Queensland, including Croydon and Georgetown.

Watch Zone
None

Cancelled Zone
Coastal areas between Karumba to Kowanyama.

Details of Tropical Cyclone Owen at 10:00 am AEST:
Intensity: Category 1, sustained winds near the centre of 85 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 120 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 55 kilometres of 17.0 degrees South 142.6 degrees East, estimated to be 175 kilometres east northeast of Normanton and 175 kilometres northwest of Georgetown.

Movement: southeast at 22 kilometres per hour.

Tropical cyclone Owen crossed the southeast Gulf of Carpentaria coast between Kowanyama and the Gilbert River Mouth as a low-end Category 3 system at approximately 3am AEST this morning. It has since weakened to a category 1 system and is expected to track east southeast over the northern interior of Queensland today while weakening further.

Hazards:
GALES with gusts up to 120 kilometres per hour extend to about 60 kilometres from the centre of the system in the north, and to 90 kilometres from the centre in the south.

Areas of heavy rainfall, which may lead to flash flooding, are occurring near the cyclone about the southeast Gulf Country district, and will extend eastwards across southern Cape York Peninsula as the cyclone moves inland during the day. Other areas of heavy rainfall are forecast to develop about the North Tropical Coast and Herbert and Lower Burdekin districts through the weekend. A Flood Watch is current for numerous catchments across northern and central Queensland and a Severe Weather Warning is also current.

This update has been produced by the Au channel.

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