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WTIO20 FMEE 310000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 31/01/2007 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 012/07 (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: WEDNESDAY 31/01/2007 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 7 (DORA) 975 HPA POSITION: 13.5S / 65.9E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY FIVE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 3 0 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/01/31 AT 12 UTC: 13.9S / 66.1E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/01 AT 00 UTC: 14.4S / 66.1E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: DORA HAS TRACK SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARDS DURING LAST HOURS. IT SHOULD TRACK AND INTENSIFY SLOWLY SOUTHWARDS. THE FORECAST IS A CONSENSUS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENTS SCENARII OF NWP MODELS.