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WTIO22 FMEE 081800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 08/03/2006 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 027/11 (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: WEDNESDAY 08/03/2006 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (DIWA) 980 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF POINT 30.4S / 58.9E (THIRTY DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 18 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STROM FORCE WINDS 50/55KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER., EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE, WHERE 60 KT WINDS ARE LIKELY NEAR THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/09 AT 06 UTC: 32.8S / 61.2E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2006/03/09 AT 18 UTC: 35.6S / 63.7E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "DIWA" ACCELERATES ON ITS SOUTHEASTWARDS TRACK TOWARDS THE POLAR WESTERLY CIRCULATION. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE MOTION OF THE SYSTEM AND TO THE GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES.