Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty was a strong , slow-moving Self_motion tropical cyclone that produced Creating record duration gale-force winds in Port Hedland , Western Australia in late February 2013 .

Originating Coming_to_be as an area of low pressure on 22 February well to the northwest of the Kimberley region of Western Australia , the precursor to Rusty steadily developed Coming_to_be within a favourable environment .

Gradually decreasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale surface pressures in the region signaled intensification and the low was classified Check as `` Tropical Cyclone Rusty '' on 23 February .

Rusty weakened Cause_change_of_strength below cyclone strength Cause_change_of_strength on 28 February .

Owing to the slow-moving nature of Rusty , a large swath of coastal Western Australia saw Self_motion heavy rains from the storm with a storm peak of at De Grey Station .

The name `` Rusty '' was later retired , replaced Change_of_leadership with `` Riordan '' in 2016 .