Cyclones Information Booklet 2015 2014 | Page 11

ADVICES The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issues the following Tropical Cyclone advice:   Tropical Cyclone Watch: when gales are expected within 48 hours. Tropical Cyclone Warning: when gales are expected within 24 hours. These advices will also contain the Community Alerts issued by the State Emergency Services. ALERTS DFES and the State Emergency Service (SES) issue a series of alerts based on the information received by the Bureau of Meteorology to warn our community of the approach of a cyclone. The State Emergency Services issues Alert Stages in terms of colour. The alert system uses the three colours of Blue, Yellow & Red. 9