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WTIO22 FMEE 091800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 004/08 (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 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 09/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8 (ENOK) 983 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.2S / 57.0E (FIFTEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-NORTH-EAST 11 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 210 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN AND THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANTS. STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/10 AT 06 UTC: 16.2S / 59.3E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/10 AT 18 UTC: 17.9S / 61.4E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ENOK HAS INTENSIFYED QUICKLY SINCE THE RECENT PAST HOURS ET SHOWS SINCE 1530UTC AN EYE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY . IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON INTENSIFYING WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND TO CURVE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARDS AND THEN SOUTHEASTWARDS.