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WTIO22 FMEE 100600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 053/07 (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: SATURDAY 10/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: EXTRATROPICAL DEPRESSION 7 (EX-DORA) 992 HPA POSITION: 27.7S / 58.0E (TWENTY SEVEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 12 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE FROM 30 NM TO 70 NM FROM THE CENTER AND LOCALLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/10 AT 18 UTC: 28.8S / 55.7E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2007/02/11 AT 06 UTC: 29.9S / 53.6E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: STRONGEST WINDS EXTEND FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES, THEN EVACUATE WITH THE NEXT TROUGH.