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The eye diameter had shrunk to about 12 kilometres and the centre was just off the tip of Melville Island, still moving southwest. On the Tiwi Islands winds were increasing and heavy rain was falling.

Cyclone Warning No 7 issued by the Darwin Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre at 10 am CST 23/12/74.
At 9 am CST tropical cyclone Tracy was centred 70 km WNW of Snake Bay and moving slowly WSW.
The centre is expected to be 100 km west of Snake Bay at 9 pm CST today.
Destructive winds of 90 km/h with gusts to 130 km/h are expected on Bathurst and Melville Islands today. Flood rains are likely over Bathurst and Melville Islands. Abnormally high tides may occur along the north coast of Melville Island.