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WTIO22 FMEE 071800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/03/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 023/11 (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: TUESDAY 07/03/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (DIWA) 985 HPA POSITION: 25.2S / 54.6E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STROM FORCE WINDS 50KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/08 AT 06 UTC: 26.9S / 55.5E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, FORTE TEMP. TROP.. 24H, VALID 2006/03/08 AT 18 UTC: 29.5S / 56.6E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: DIWA KEEPS ON REGULARLY TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARDS. MAXIMUM WINDS EXTEND FAR FROM THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REGULARLY SPEED UP SOUTHEASTWARDS BEYOND THE NEXT 12 HOURS, AND EVACUATE TOWARDS THE EXTRATROPICAL LATITUDES.