Severe Weather Warning for Damaging Winds and Heavy Rainfall in Western Australia
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BOM issued it on June 7, 2026, 2 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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BOM issues high-severity severe weather warning for damaging to locally destructive winds and heavy rainfall across multiple WA forecast districts including Perth.
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- Record type
- Severe Weather Warning
- Affected area
- Western Australia
- Issued
- June 7, 2026
- Issuing authority
- BOM
The warning type, named area, and issue time define this record. Confirm all three against the original agency notice before treating it as current.
Record status: historical. It was issued 2 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Western Australia.
Alert Details
Severe Weather Warning (IDW21037) issued by the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) at 2:58 pm Friday, 29 May 2026 (2026-05-29T06:58:40Z). Warning is effective until 2026-05-29T15:58:40Z. Type: severe_weather_warning. Severity: High. Warning group: major.
Affected Areas
Central West, Lower West, South West, South Coastal, South East Coastal, Great Southern, Central Wheat Belt and parts of Goldfields, Gascoyne and Eucla districts in Western Australia (WA). Locations which may be affected include Albany, Bunbury, Esperance, Geraldton, Kalbarri, Katanning, Mandurah, Manjimup, Margaret River, Merredin.
What You Should Do
Residents in affected districts should note the warning for immediate broadcast and monitor conditions as a strong cold front and deepening low pressure system approach.
Expected Conditions
Damaging to locally destructive wind gusts in excess of 125 km/h possible in showers and thunderstorms. Isolated damaging wind gusts to 90 km/h possible. Widespread damaging westerly winds averaging 60 to 70 km/h with gusts to 110 km/h likely. Moderate to heavy rainfall which may lead to flash flooding, with six-hourly totals of 40 to 60 mm likely in Central West district. Winds associated with the low pressure system expected to produce dangerous weather seen once every 3 to 5 years in southwest WA.
Timeline
A strong cold front will affect the Central West during Saturday evening, extending southwards to parts of the Lower West and South West including Perth before sunrise early Sunday morning. A deepening low pressure system will bring another burst of damaging winds during Sunday. By Monday the system moves east with risk extending to inland parts. Risk eases about the west coast before midday Monday.
Original source: BOM Official Notice ↗
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