03/03/2025
🚨 Severe Weather Advice for Northern Rivers 🚨
NSW SES advises residents in the Richmond Valley to PREPARE NOW for Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Expect damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding from Wednesday. Stay updated by following Northern Rivers NSW SES and take action if needed.
Northern Rivers severe weather
Prepare now
Advice
The NSW SES advises people in the following area(s) to PREPARE NOW for forecast :
- Tweed Heads
- Murwillumbah
- Mullumbimby
- Byron Bay
- Kyogle
- Nimbin
- Lismore
- Lennox Head
- Ballina
- Casino
- Woodburn
- Maclean
- Yamba
What are we expecting?
The Bureau of Meteorology advises that Tropical Cyclone Alfred will continue moving towards the southeast today, slightly away from the Queensland coast before slowing down and turning westward, towards the Queensland coast on Tuesday.
Alfred is currently a category 1 cyclone but is expected to intensify to a category 2 cyclone tonight. It is likely to maintain a category 2 intensity as it approaches the southeast Queensland coast late on Thursday.
People between Sandy Cape in Queensland and Grafton in New South Wales should consider what action they will need to take if the cyclone threat increases.
Severe coastal hazards, including abnormally high tides and hazardous surf are expected to continue over northeastern New South Wales coasts, deteriorating further as Alfred begins to move towards the coast from Tuesday onwards. A large and powerful to potentially damaging easterly swell is forecast to extend to northern New South Wales coast today.
Gales with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 120 kilometres per hour are expected to develop along northeastern New South Wales coastal and island communities between the Queensland border and Grafton during Wednesday.
Heavy rainfall is forecast for northeastern New South Wales from Wednesday as Alfred approaches the coast. HEAVY to locally INTENSE RAINFALL which may lead to DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING near and south of the system centre as Alfred approaches and crosses the coast late on Thursday.
This event may change quickly. NSW SES will monitor the situation and update warnings if the situation changes.
View the full warning: https://hazardwatch.gov.au/a/zw016V
Download the Hazards Near Me App and set up ‘Watch Zones’ to receive warnings in real time. https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app
For emergency assistance during a flood, storm or tsunami, call the NSW SES on 132 500. In a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero (000).
Post current at 12:44pm on Monday 3rd March 2025.
