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WTIO22 FMEE 240600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 24/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 016/10 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 24/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 955 HPA POSITION: 17.6S / 57.3E (SEVENTEEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 180 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 300 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/75 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 360 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/24 AT 18 UTC: 18.0S / 56.0E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/25 AT 06 UTC: 18.1S / 54.7E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "GAMEDE" IS A VERY BROAD SYSTEM WITH IMPORTANT MAXIMUM WINDS EXTENSIONS, WITH NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS VERY FAR FROM THE CENTER. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS AND SLOW DOWN DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.