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WTIO24 FMEE 061200 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 06/02/2006 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 046/08 (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). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: MONDAY 06/02/2006 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 8 (EX-BOLOETSE) 994 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 37.7S / 58.6E (THIRTY SEVEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 34 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER MAINLY EXISTS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE WITHIN 400 NM OF THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 140 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 190 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/07 AT 00 UTC: 42.2S / 68.0E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2006/02/07 AT 12 UTC: 45.7S / 77.5E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, DISSIPATING. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE LOW IS FILLING UP AS IT IS EVACUATING RAPIDLY SOUTHEASTWARDS, TOWARDS THE POLAR TROUGH WITH WHICH IT SHOULD MERGE NORTH OF KERGUELEN ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CIRCULATION IS ASYMETRIC, ELONGATED ALONG THE AXIS OF THE TROUGH. STRONG WINDS PERSIST FAR FROM THE CENTER MAINLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT DUE TO THE OWN SPEED OF THE LOW. THIS IS THE LAST WARNING ISSUED ON THAT SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED IN THE ACK BULLETIN (FQIO20FMEE).