If you live in an area bounded by Jurien Bay to Paynes Find to Southern Cross to Hopetoun including you should take action and stay safe with bad weather to come.  
 
This includes people in, near and between Perth, Mandurah, Jurien Bay, Dalwallinu, York, Southern Cross, Narrogin, Katanning, Bridgetown, Bunbury, Busselton, Margaret River and Albany and surrounding areas. 
 
This is a rare weather event for people in the southwest of WA and could cause major damage to homes and make travel very dangerous.

 

 WEATHER DETAILS:
As at 6.03am on Saturday 14 March 2015 the Bureau of Meteorology advises Tropical Cyclone Olwyn is estimated to be 80 kilometres north northeast of Geraldton at 5am, and moving south southeast at 23 kilometres per hour.  
TC Olwyn is expected to weaken over northern parts of the South West Land Division during Saturday morning, and the remnants of the system will move through central parts of the South West Land Division during the day.
The strongest winds are likely to be over central and eastern parts of the South West Land Division, with the heaviest rainfall most likely to be over central parts of the South West Land Division to the east of the Perth Metropolitan Area.
HEAVY RAINFALL and WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS in parts of the warning area north of Mandurah to Southern Cross during Saturday morning will extend into the remainder of the warning area west of Southern Cross to Hopetoun by early Saturday afternoon. Conditions should ease north of a line from Mandurah to Southern Cross by early Saturday evening. During Saturday HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES may cause FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS along the west coast south of Jurien Bay and the south coast west of Hopetoun.
On Saturday the remnants of Olwyn will produce HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING, WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS to 100 kilometres per hour, HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES may cause FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS that could result in DAMAGE TO HOMES AND PROPERTY.

 

K.J.