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WTIO20 FMEE 221800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 22/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 010/10 (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: THURSDAY 22/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 10 (GAMEDE) 975 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.3S / 62.9E (FIFTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY TWO DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 9 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO MORE THAN 350 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/23 AT 06 UTC: 15.5S / 61.2E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/23 AT 18 UTC: 15.8S / 59.3E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "GAMEDE" SEEMS TO HAVE TEMPORARLY STABILIZED SLIGHTLY BELOW THE TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY. THIS IS A BROAD SYSTEM, WITH A LARGE EXTENTSION OF NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT, "GAMEDE" IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY GRADUALLY ALONG A WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS TRACK.