Severe Weather Warning for Damaging Winds in Western Australia
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BOM issued it on June 9, 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 destructive winds across southwest WA districts through Monday.
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- Record type
- Severe Weather Warning
- Affected area
- South West Land Division, Western Australia
- Issued
- June 9, 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 South West Land Division, Western Australia.
Alert Details
BOM has issued a Severe Weather Warning (warning_id: IDW21037) for damaging, locally destructive winds. The warning was issued at 11:00 am Sunday, 31 May 2026 (2026-05-31T03:00:26Z) and expires at 2026-05-31T12:00:26Z. Severity is rated High.
Affected Areas
The warning covers Eucla, Lower West, South West, South Coastal, South East Coastal, Great Southern, Central Wheat Belt and parts of Goldfields and Central West districts in Western Australia. Locations which may be affected include Albany, Bunbury, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Katanning, Manjimup, Merredin, Moora, Narrogin, Norseman, Perth, Busselton, Mandurah, Margaret River, Mount Barker and Northam.
What You Should Do
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises: If outside find safe shelter away from trees, power lines, storm water drains and streams. Close your curtains and blinds, and stay inside away from windows. Unplug electrical appliances and do not use land line telephones if there is lightning. If boating, swimming or surfing leave the water. Be alert and watch for hazards on the road such as fallen power lines.
Expected Conditions
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 90 km/h are possible in showers and thunderstorms over western parts of the South West Land Division on Sunday morning. Widespread damaging westerly winds averaging 60 to 70 km/h with gusts to 110 km/h are likely to develop in the afternoon. Destructive wind gusts in excess of 125 km/h are likely over an area southwest of a line from Lancelin to Albany, including Perth, during Sunday afternoon and evening. Recorded gusts include 107 km/h at Busselton Jetty, 102 km/h at Rottnest Island, 98 km/h at Bickley and 96 km/h at Mandurah.
Timeline
Damaging to destructive winds are possible across the South West Land Division this morning, becoming likely this afternoon. The risk of damaging winds will shift from the west coast to inland parts of the South West Land Division and southern Goldfields and Eucla districts during Monday, clearing from Perth and western districts before sunrise on Monday, then easing in the east on Monday night.
Original source: BOM Official Notice ↗
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