SEVERE weather is no longer occurring north of Mandurah so the weather warning for the Perth metropolitan area and the Midwest-Gascoyne has been cancelled.
At 10.42am the Bureau of Meteorology said the heaviest rainfall from 9am Saturday, February 6 to 8am Sunday, February 7 were Lancelin East 85mm, Hill River Springs 80mm, Moora 74mm, Jurien Bay 61mm, Warradarge East 61mm and Dardanup 59mm.
The highest wind gusts recorded since 11pm Saturday were Gooseberry Hill 100 km/h at 12.09am on Sunday, Bickley 94 km/h at 11.27pm on Saturday and Pearce RAAF Base 87 km/h at 11.43pm on Saturday.
A Department of Fire and Emergency Services alert at 11.22am said BoM had advised the low pressure system was moving southwards off the west coast and was bringing heavy rainfall and abnormally high tides with damaging winds possible.
At 8am the low pressure system was located 200km northwest of Perth and moving southwards.
It is expected to pass along the Perth coast Sunday evening before crossing the southwest overnight Sunday and then continuing south of the state during Monday morning.
Heavy rainfall is currently occurring over the South West district and the adjacent Lower West.
Daily totals of 30 to 60mm are forecast for the South West district with isolated falls up to 100mm possible.
Once the low has moved south of an area rainfall will ease.
Tides could be higher than predicted along the west coast between Jurien Bay and Cape Naturaliste.
In these areas tides may rise above the normal high tide mark with rough seas.
Fresh and gusty easterly winds will continue south of the low and may produce damaging winds with peak gusts to 100km/h on and to the west of the Darling Scarp during Sunday morning.
As the low moves past, winds will shift north then northwesterly.
Once the low passes to the south of an area winds will ease.
Flood watches and warnings are current for river catchments across the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Central West Districts.
Locations which may be affected include Bunbury, Busselton, Collie, Manjimup, Margaret River, Augusta, Dunsborough, Harvey and Walpole.
Go to https://www.bom.gov.au/wa/warnings/ for further details.
Road closures and conditions:
Heavy rainfall in the area means some roads could be impacted by rising water levels and strong wind gusts could make travel dangerous. Motorists are reminded to obey all road closures and take care when travelling through the area. Never drive into water of unknown depth and current.
A number of roads are closed. Other roads are open to specific vehicles only such as four wheel drives and trucks. Others are open with caution. Please visit the Main Roads WA Travel Map for full details at travelmap.mainroads.wa.gov.au
Road information may also be available from Main Roads WA by calling 138 138 or by contacting your Local Government Authority.
What emergency services are doing:
- DFES is monitoring the situation.
- Emergency services have answered more than 110 calls for help since 9am Friday.
- SES Volunteers respond on a priority basis and people are asked to remain patient.
If you need assistance:
- If your home has been badly damaged by a storm, call the SES on 132 500
- In a life threatening situation call 000
After a storm SES volunteers make temporary repairs to homes that have been badly damaged, such as roofs that have been ripped off or large fallen trees on homes or cars. Please contact your insurance company to organise permanent repairs.
Keep up to date:
Visit emergency.wa.gov.au, call 13 DFES (13 3337), follow DFES on Twitter: twitter.com/dfes_wa, Facebook: facebook.com/dfeswa, listen to ABC Local Radio, 6PR, or news bulletins.
During a power outage, your home phone, computer or other electronic devices connected to the NBN will not work. Include a battery powered radio in your emergency kit.
Updates will be provided when the situation changes.
