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WTIO20 FMEE 300000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 30/01/2007 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 008/07 (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 30/01/2007 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 7 (DORA) 985 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.5S / 65.0E (TWELVE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY FIVE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN10 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/40KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/01/30 AT 12 UTC: 13.3S / 64.6E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/01/31 AT 00 UTC: 14.0S / 64.3E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: DORA IS A SYSTEM WITH A SMALL SIZE. THE SYSTEM HAS SLOWN DOWN AND TRACKED WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS. SIGNS OF FASTER INTENSIFICATION THAN FORECASTED ARE SHOWN ON SATELLITE DATA. THE SYSTEM SHOULD KEEP ON DEEPENING AND TRACK RATHER SLOWLY SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS.