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WTIO22 FMEE 010600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/01/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 012/05 (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 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 5 (CLOVIS) 980 HPA POSITION: 17.5S / 52.9E (SEVENTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY TWO DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 10 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 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 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/01/01 AT 18 UTC: 18.5S / 52.5E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/01/02 AT 06 UTC: 19.1S / 51.9E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: TH INTENSIFICATION IS STATIONNARY. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS , AND THEN SLOW DOWN AND RECURVE WESTSOUTHWESTWARDS BEYOND 48H.