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WTIO22 FMEE 191800 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 19/02/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 003/09 (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). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 19/02/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 9 995 HPA POSITION: 19.0S / 57.0E (NINETEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/02/20 AT 06 UTC: 20.0S / 58.1E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, FORTE TEMP. TROP.. 24H, VALID 2006/02/20 AT 18 UTC: 21.0S / 57.7E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, FORTE TEMP. TROP.. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM SHOWS A MIDGET STRUCTURE WITH A VERY SMALL SIZE BUT STRONG WINDS NEAR THE CENTER. IT SHOULD INTENSIFY A LITTLE MORE, THEN WEAKEN UNDERGOING UPPER LEVEL CONSTRAINT. IT IS EXPECTED VEERING SOUTHWARDS THEN SOUTHWESTWARDS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE REBUILDING HIGH PRESSURES IN THE SOUTHWEST.