Australia — 5 actual messages

00:00  Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters between Montague Island and Gabo Island for 03 September (view from source)
UpdateMetUnknown
Moderate
Unknown		Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
coastalwind
References: AusBoM-IDN20400-2026-09-02T18:00:04+00:00, AusBoM-IDN20400-2026-09-02T12:00:04+00:00, AusBoM-IDN20400-2026-09-02T06:05:01+00:00 (+3 earlier)
⚠️ content.no_description_explains_effects — description names the hazard but does not explain the effects it will have on people, property or infrastructure.
⚠️ content.no_instruction_text — CAP <instruction> is empty — the message describes a hazard but tells the reader nothing to do about it.
⚠️ content.no_specific_area_geometry — at least one area lacks both a polygon and a circle — specific geometries allow more precise message delivery and can reduce alert deliveries to people not actually at risk.
00:00  Strong Wind Warning for coastal waters between Cape Jaffa and SA-VIC Border for 03 September (view from source)
UpdateMetUnknown
Moderate
Unknown		Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
coastalwind
References: AusBoM-IDS20201-2026-09-02T18:10:01+00:00, AusBoM-IDS20201-2026-09-02T12:00:04+00:00, AusBoM-IDS20201-2026-09-02T06:00:02+00:00 (+2 earlier)
⚠️ content.usc_divergent_between_infos — all <info> elements within a single <alert> should have the same <urgency>, <severity> and <certainty> values, so the alert can be processed consistently as a unit; messages with different U/S/C values should be sent in separate <alert> bodies.
⚠️ content.no_cancel_in_alert_or_update — cancellations should travel in separate <alert> bodies to avoid confusion: no form of the word "cancel" should appear in the <headline>, <description> or <instruction> of any <info> within an <alert> of any <msgType> other than Cancel.
⚠️ content.no_description_explains_effects — description names the hazard but does not explain the effects it will have on people, property or infrastructure.
⚠️ content.no_instruction_text — CAP <instruction> is empty — the message describes a hazard but tells the reader nothing to do about it.
⚠️ content.no_specific_area_geometry — at least one area lacks both a polygon and a circle — specific geometries allow more precise message delivery and can reduce alert deliveries to people not actually at risk.
00:00  Gale Force Wind Warning for coastal waters between Low Rocky Point and Low Rocky Point and for Banks Strait and Franklin Sound, Frederick Henry Bay and Norfolk Bays, Storm Bay and South West Lakes for 03 September (view from source)
UpdateMetUnknown
Moderate
Unknown		Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
coastalwind
References: AusBoM-IDT20100-2026-09-02T19:57:19+00:00, AusBoM-IDT20100-2026-09-02T18:00:03+00:00, AusBoM-IDT20100-2026-09-02T11:53:48+00:00 (+5 earlier)
⚠️ content.no_description_explains_effects — description names the hazard but does not explain the effects it will have on people, property or infrastructure.
⚠️ content.no_instruction_text — CAP <instruction> is empty — the message describes a hazard but tells the reader nothing to do about it.
⚠️ content.no_specific_area_geometry — at least one area lacks both a polygon and a circle — specific geometries allow more precise message delivery and can reduce alert deliveries to people not actually at risk.
00:00  Gale Force Wind Warning for coastal waters between Cape Otway and 60nm east of Gabo Island for 03 September (view from source)
UpdateMetUnknown
Moderate
Unknown		Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
coastalwind
References: AusBoM-IDV20600-2026-09-02T22:20:36+00:00, AusBoM-IDV20600-2026-09-02T19:57:23+00:00, AusBoM-IDV20600-2026-09-02T18:10:04+00:00 (+5 earlier)
⚠️ content.no_description_explains_effects — description names the hazard but does not explain the effects it will have on people, property or infrastructure.
⚠️ content.no_instruction_text — CAP <instruction> is empty — the message describes a hazard but tells the reader nothing to do about it.
⚠️ content.no_specific_area_geometry — at least one area lacks both a polygon and a circle — specific geometries allow more precise message delivery and can reduce alert deliveries to people not actually at risk.
00:23  Minor Flood Warning for Loddon River Loddon Weir to Kerang and Loddon River at Appin South (view from source)
UpdateMetUnknown
Minor
Unknown		Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
floodingavoidmonitoruse-caution
References: AusBoM-IDV36810-2026-09-02T00:21:37+00:00
⚠️ content.local_abbreviations — contains a local abbreviation (TW, ABC, SES) which may be unfamiliar to visitors or newcomers to the hazard area.
⚠️ content.no_specific_area_geometry — at least one area lacks both a polygon and a circle — specific geometries allow more precise message delivery and can reduce alert deliveries to people not actually at risk.
⚠️ content.no_instruction_time — instruction does not say by when the protective action should be taken — no deadline and no immediately-class directive.