Amplified by an upper-level low to the west, the storm produced a large area of gale-force winds.
The gale-force winds across the counties brought down trees, branches, power cables and roofs.
Causes of failure included nest collapse by gale-force winds and rain, and harassment and nest raiding by pied currawongs.
In addition, a weather station on the island reported gale-force gusting of up to 48 mph (77 km/h) at the height of the storm.
A cool change hit the state in the early evening, bringing with it lower temperatures but gale-force southwesterly winds in excess of 120km/h mph.
It continued to organize, and a nearby ship later reported near gale-force winds far from its center.
The following day, the system intensified into a tropical depression and shortly thereafter became a tropical storm as reconnaissance aircraft recorded gale-force winds.
Reconnaissance reported that gale-force winds extended no more than 100 mi (155 km) from the storm's eye.
