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WTIO24 FMEE 021800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 02/01/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 18/5 (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: TUESDAY 02/01/2007 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 5 (CLOVIS) 976 HPA POSITION: 20.2S / 49.8E (TWENTY DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/01/03 AT 06 UTC: 20.7S / 48.6E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/01/03 AT 18 UTC: 21.2S / 47.8E, OVERLAND. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE INTENSITY OF THE SEVERE TROPICAL STORM "CLOVIS" SEEMS STABILIZED. THE SYSTEM HAS CLEARLY TRACKED MORE WESTWARDS DURING THE LAST HOURS, IT IS NOW EXPECTED TO LAND ON THE MALAGASY COAST IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.