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WTIO20 FMEE 041200 CCA *************** CORRECTIVE ************** PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 04/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 030/07 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 04/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 7 (DORA) 955 HPA POSITION: 19.2S / 66.6E (NINETEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY SIX DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 2 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 600 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/80 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 45 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 160 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/05 AT 00 UTC: 19.5S / 65.5E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/05 AT 12 UTC: 20.2S / 64.4E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: DORA IS ALMOST-STATIONNARY SINCE MORE THAN 12 HOURS, WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON OF ITS ACTUAL WEAKENING, IT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLY WEST SOUTHWESTWARDS WEAKENING.