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WTIO24 FMEE 070000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/01/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 14/7 (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN) 10 MINUTES AVERAGE WIND SPEED IN KNOTS (KT) (WIND GUSTS AT SEA MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGED WIND). MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 07/01/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: OVERLAND DEPRESSION 7 1003 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.3S / 32.2E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY TWO DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS NEAR THE CENTER AND WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE, EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20 KT NORTH TO 28S AND WEST TO 36E,REACHING LOCALLY 25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS ALONG MOZAMBIQUE COASTS. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/01/07 AT 12 UTC: DEPR. SUR TERRE. 24H, VALID 2006/01/08 AT 00 UTC: DEPR. SUR TERRE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER IS STILL LOCATED OVER LAND, NORTH TOF MAPUTO, BUT ALWAYS CLOSE THE MOZAMBICAL COASTLINE. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLY SOUTHWESTWARDS THEN SOUTHWARDS ALWAYS OVER LAND, COMING BACK OVER SEAS ONLY UP TO 24 HOURS SOUTH TO 28S. ASSOCIATED CLUSTERS, NOW MAINLY LOCATED OVER LAND OVER SOUTH OF ZIMBABWE, THE SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE, THE NORTHEAST OF SOUTH AFRICA THEN OVER SWAZILAND, GENERATE HEAVY RAINFALLS, WITH STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. LAST WARNING ISSUED ABOUT THIS SYSTEM UNLESS RE-INTENSIFICATION.