It made landfall on Western Australia's Pilbara coast nearly halfway between the major towns of Karratha and Port Hedland as a category 4 cyclone on midnight of 31 December 2013.

Watches and warnings were issued for areas between Derby and Exmouth, extending inland beyond the Pilbara to the Mid West and Goldfields-Esperance region around Wiluna and Leinster.

[5] In Roebourne, roofs of many houses collapsed under the weight of water or were ripped off by wind gusts, while the whole town lost electricity for a short period.

As Christine moved inland, flooding closed the Great Northern Highway north of Newman, however the town itself received 70 km/h (43 mph) wind gusts and only 25.0 mm (0.98 in) of rain.

[11] Victoria and southern New South Wales also recorded light rain and a cooler change from Christine's remnants, with Melbourne reporting 4.8 mm (0.19 in) and maximum temperatures in the low 20 °C's during the New Years period.