22/03/2026
Keep up to date and stay safe. We are on call for any emergency tree work.
We do have a creek to contend with but roads are still open for us to get through.
NT Emergency Service
NT EMERGENCY SERVICE MESSAGE: Storm Watch and Act – Top End – Protect Yourself Against the Impacts of Severe Weather
THIS IS UPDATE: 6
LOCATION/S: Top End
ALERT LEVEL: Watch and Act – Protect yourself against the impacts of severe weather
WHAT TO DO:
• Enact your household emergency plan now
• Secure loose outside objects and seek shelter when conditions deteriorate
• Pull over if it is raining heavily and you cannot see, park with your hazard lights on until the rain clears
• Avoid driving into water of unknown depth and current
• Create your own sandbags if there is flooding, by using pillow cases or shopping bags filled with sand and place them around doorways to protect your home
• Stay away from flooded drains, rivers, streams and waterways
• Ensure pets and animals are safe
• Stay informed by following SecureNT on Facebook or listen to ABC Local Radio
• Monitor conditions via www.bom.gov.au/nt/warnings
• For emergency service in floods, storms or cyclones call 132 500
• In a life threatening situation call 000
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY INFORMATION CURRENT AS AT: 5:03 pm Sunday 22 March 2026
RISKS FACED BY PEOPLE IN THE AREA:
• Torrential rain
• Possible flash flooding
• Possible disruption to essential supplies like electricity, water and gas
• Damaging wind gusts
ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC:
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle is currently located over the western Arnhem district after crossing the eastern Top End coast earlier this morning. The system is expected to continue moving steadily west-southwestwards tonight and Monday, while remaining as a deep tropical low.
HEAVY RAINFALL which may lead to FLASH FLOODING is forecast for the central Top End, including Katherine, this afternoon, before shifting more into the Daly district this evening. These conditions may also develop about the DARWIN area from late this evening into Monday morning. Six-hourly rainfall totals between 80 and 120 mm are likely.
24-hourly rainfall totals between 180 to 230 mm are likely.
Locally INTENSE RAINFALL which may lead to DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING is also possible north of Katherine this afternoon with six-hourly rainfall totals up to 180 mm. Isolated 24-hourly rainfall totals of 250 to 300 mm are possible.
Localised DAMAGING WIND GUSTS with peak gusts of around 100 km/h are possible in the warning area, more likely this afternoon and evening to the south of the system, and may develop through the DARWIN area from late this evening into Monday morning.
Further showers and thunderstorms are possible over the remainder of the Top End as the system contracts west.
Flood Watches and Warnings are current for the area. Please refer to https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts/ for more information.
Locations which may be affected include Darwin, Katherine, Palmerston, Jabiru, Wadeye and Nauiyu.
121 mm was recorded at Central Arnhem Plateau in the 6 hours to 3:30 pm.
For more information:
• For all warnings, visit Secure NT website regularly or listen to ABC local radio
• For weather information, visit the Bureau of Meteorology
• For the latest river heights, visit Latest River Heights for the Northern Territory Rivers
• For power outage information, visit the Power and Water website
• For traffic and road closure information, visit the Road Report NT website
The next update will be provided by 11:00 pm ACST Sunday 22 March 2026.
