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WTIO22 FMEE 040600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 04/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 001/12 (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: SATURDAY 04/03/2006 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 12 1000 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.7S / 55.4E (TWELVE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: UNDETERMINED THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. CLOCKWISE CIRCLATION 25 KT REACHING LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WIND 30 KT AND MORERATE TO ROUGH SEAS. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/03/04 AT 18 UTC: 13.6S / 57.2E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, DEPR. TROPICALE. 24H, VALID 2006/03/05 AT 06 UTC: 15.0S / 58.9E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, DEPR. TROPICALE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: