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WTIO22 FMEE 191200 SECURITE NEAR GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 19/02/2006 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 002/09 (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). NEAR GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 19/02/2006 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 9 999 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.5S / 56.2E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SIX DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 12 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/20 AT 00 UTC: 19.6S / 57.5E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, TEMP. TROP. MODEREE. 24H, VALID 2006/02/20 AT 12 UTC: 20.7S / 58.1E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, FORTE TEMP. TROP.. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM IS BECOMMING A MIDGET WITH A VERY SMALL SIZE BUT STRONG WINDS NEAR THE CENTER. DUE TO THIS CONFIGURATION, IT SHOULD INTENSIFY VERY QUICKLY. IT IS EXPECTED VEERING SOUTHWARDS THEN SOUTHWESTWARDS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE REBUILDING HIGH PRESSURES IN THE SOUTHWEST.