 Clare maintained roughly the same intensity as its track became more southerly . At 1600 UTC on 9 January the storm made landfall at Pilbara to the west of Dampier . Heading ashore , the storm began to quickly deteriorate , and both the JTWC and the BoM declared it dissipated on 10 January as it continued southward . Throughout the storm 's course , the JTWC 's intensity estimates were below that of the BoM . Also , it is reported that the cyclone 's presentation on satellite was not representative of its actual intensity . 
