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WTIO20 FMEE 101200 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 007/08 (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: SATURDAY 10/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8 (ENOK) 985 HPA POSITION: 18.0S / 62.4E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY TWO DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 18 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 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 80 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/11 AT 00 UTC: 20.2S / 64.2E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/02/11 AT 12 UTC: 22.5S / 65.5E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ENOK IS A SMALL SYSTEM, THAT HAS QUICKLY INTENSIFIED OVER LAST NIGHT. OVER THE LAST HOURS, THE SYSTEM HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING. IT IS FORECAST TO TRACK GENERALLY SOUTHWESTWARDS FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS, THEN SLOW DOWN, GRADUALLY WEAKENING.