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WTIO22 FMEE 190600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 19/02/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 001/09 (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: SUNDAY 19/02/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 9 1003 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.6S / 55.2E (SEVENTEEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/25KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/19 AT 18 UTC: 18.5S / 55.7E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, DEPR. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/02/20 AT 06 UTC: 19.6S / 55.4E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, DEPR. TROPICALE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM SEEMS TO INTENSIFY DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED VEERING SOUTHWARDS THEN SOUTHWESTWARDS AND INTENSIFYING SLOWLY. AT THIS STAGE , THIS SYSTEM DOESN'T JUSTIFY THE ISSUANCE OF REGULAR WARNINGS.