Summary
Alan crossed the north Queensland coast near Bloomfield River Mission and caused no structural damage. During the next ten days it became an intense monsoon depression and had a central pressure of 989 hPa near Tennant Creek. It recurved and passed near Birdsville and moved out to sea near Byron Bay. In its traverse of the inland it caused widespread flooding and in particular record flooding in the Condamine near Warwick.
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