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WTIO24 FMEE 180600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 18/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 025/09 (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: SUNDAY 18/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 9 (FAVIO) 985 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 26.3S / 49.1E (TWENTY SIX DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER , EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/18 AT 18 UTC: 26.6S / 47.0E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/02/19 AT 06 UTC: 26.7S / 44.8E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM "FAVIO" CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE AND IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY. "FAVIO" IS EXPECTED TO SKIRT SOUTH OS MADAGASCAR WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS.