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WTIO22 FMEE 230000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 23/12/2006 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 022/03 (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: SATURDAY 23/12/2006 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 3 (BONDO) 983 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.8S / 50.3E (TEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY 2 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE , EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 250 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THENORTEASTERN QUADRANT AND TO 110 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2006/12/23 AT 12 UTC: 10.9S / 50.0E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2006/12/24 AT 00 UTC: 11.2S / 49.3E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ACCORDING TO RECENT SATELLITE DATA, NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS EXTENSION IS WIDER IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE -UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTRE - THAN IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE (40 NM). BONDO HAS REMAINED QUASISTATIONARY OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS AND SHOULD TRACK SLOWLY SOUTHWESTWARDS.