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WTIO22 FMEE 090600 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 002/08 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 09/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 8 1000 HPA POSITION: 15.3S / 53.7E (FIFTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY THREE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN TH EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS AROUND THE CENTER, REACHING LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/09 AT 18 UTC: 15.9S / 56.3E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/10 AT 06 UTC: 17.4S / 58.9E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS INTENSIFYING SLOWLY NEAR MALAGASY COASTS, WITH DEEP CONVECTION FLARING AND STARTING TO ORGANIZE ABOVE THE CENTER. THE STRONEST WINDS ARE LOCATED INTO THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE MONSOON FLOW.