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WTIO22 FMEE 010000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/01/2007 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 011/05 (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: MONDAY 01/01/2007 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 5 (CLOVIS) 980 HPA POSITION: 16.7S / 53.4E (SIXTEEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY THREE DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 11 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55KT AND VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 25NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/01/01 AT 12 UTC: 18.0S / 52.6E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/01/02 AT 00 UTC: 19.0S / 52.0E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: TH INTENSIFICATION HAS SUDENLY STOPPED. THE CENTER HAS TRANSITED JUST BEFORE 1700Z NORTHWEST OF TROMELIN ISLAND, WHERE IT HAS BEEN RECORDED 54 KT (10 MIN AVERAGE MAX WINDS), WITH GUSTS OF 70KT. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS , AND THEN SLOW DOWN AND RECURVE WESTSOUTHWESTWARDS BEYOND 24H TO 48H.