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WTIO20 FMEE 311800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 31/01/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 015/07 (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 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 7 (DORA) 973 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.3S / 66.3E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY SIX DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 130 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT, AND UP TO 450 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 130 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 190 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/01 AT 06 UTC: 15.1S / 66.6E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/01 AT 18 UTC: 16.1S / 67.3E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: DORA MOVE SLOWLY GLOBALLY SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARDS. SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LIGHTLY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND TO KEEP ON TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARDS. IT SHOULD REVURVE SOUTHWESTWARDS BEYOND 48 HOURS AND WEAK.