Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KIRRILY-24
in Australia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KIRRILY-24 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001043
Name KIRRILY-24
From - To 23 Jan - 02 Feb
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 102 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1 m (25 Jan 10:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 122 km/h 1.4 m 441 mm 0.5
GFS 122 km/h 1.2 m 652 mm 0.5
ECMWF 97 km/h 1.1 m 582 mm 0.5
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Australia - Tropical storm KIRRILY (ECHO 24 Jan 2024)Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:17

  • A new tropical storm named KIRRILY formed over the Coral Sea, south of the Solomon Islands, on  23 January and started moving south-west toward eastern Queensland State, north-eastern Australia. On 24 January at 6.00 UTC its centre was located offshore approximately 615 km north-east of Townsville City, coastal central Queensland, with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h.
  • KIRRILY is expected to make landfall over the area between Townsville and Ayr Cities on the late afternoon (UTC) of 25 January, with maximum sustained winds up to 100 km/h.
  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over the area between Sarina Town north to Innisfail Town, coastal central Queensland over 25-27 January. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issed a gale warning zone and a gale watch zone over this area.
Australia - Tropical cyclone KIRRILY, update (ECHO 25 Jan 2024)Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:38

  • Tropical cyclone KIRRILY continued south-west toward eastern Queensland State, north-eastern Australia on 24 January, strenghtening. On 25 January at 6.00 UTC its centre was located over the Coral Sea approximately 120 km north-east of Townsville City, coastal central Queensland, with maximum sustained winds of 111 km/h (tropical storm).
  • KIRRILY is forecast to make landfall over the Townsville City area, coastal central Queensland on late in the morning (UTC) of 25 January, with maximum sustained winds of aproximately 110 km/h. After that it is expected to continue south-westward inland over central Queensland on 25 January, weakening and becoming a tropical depression on the afternoon (UTC) of 26 January.
  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over the area between Sarina Town north to Innisfail Town, coastal central Queensland over 25-26 January. The gale warning zone issued by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) over this area is still in force. Over the same period, heavy rainfall is also forecast over central Queensland.
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Ex-tropical cyclone dumps months of rain in a day2024-02-06T05:55+0100.

Ex-cyclone Kirrily has finally left Australia after dumping several months worth of rain in NSW while the flood emergency remains in parts of Queensland. He said much of the state was hit with 30mm to 50mm, noting 86mm was recorded at Kiam
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Ex-tropical cyclone dumps months of rain in a day2024-02-06T05:49+0100.

Ex-cyclone Kirrily has finally left Australia after dumping several months worth of rain in NSW while the flood emergency remains in parts of Queensland. He said much of the state was hit with 30mm to 50mm, noting 86mm was recorded at Kiam
...(more)
Ex-tropical cyclone dumps months of rain in a day2024-02-06T05:49+0100.

Ex-cyclone Kirrily has finally left Australia after dumping several months worth of rain in NSW while the flood emergency remains in parts of Queensland. He said much of the state was hit with 30mm to 50mm, noting 86mm was recorded at Kiam
...(more)
Ex-tropical cyclone dumps months of rain in a day2024-02-06T05:48+0100.

Ex-cyclone Kirrily has finally left Australia after dumping several months worth of rain in NSW while the flood emergency remains in parts of Queensland. He said much of the state was hit with 30mm to 50mm, noting 86mm was recorded at Kiam
...(more)

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