Sid passed over the town of Nhulunbuy as it moved into the Gulf. Damage caused by gale force winds was limited to falling trees. Two craft dragged their moorings and one was washed against rocks at the Nhulunbuy Yacht club. A maximum wind gust of 46 knots (85 km/hr) and minimum MSL pressure of 989.5 hPa were recorded at Nhulunbuy Airport. As Sid passed Groote Eylandt, trees were uprooted there and powerlines damaged. It made landfall just to the west of Mornington Island on the 28th as a weak system. Wollogorang registered 341 mm of rain in the 24 hr to 9 am 29th.

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Cyclone Sid track and intensity (BOM)