Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Sean 11U at 11:00 am AWST:
Intensity: Category 3, sustained winds near the centre of 155 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 220 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 30 kilometres of 21.2 degrees South 112.0 degrees East, estimated to be 235 kilometres west northwest of Exmouth and 325 kilometres west of Onslow.
Movement: southwest at 21 kilometres per hour.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Sean is now moving to the southwest away from the WA coast but gales are only slowly easing from the east. The cyclone continues to intensify and forecast to reach category 4 later today.
