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WTIO22 FMEE 250000 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 25/02/2007 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 019/10 (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: SUNDAY 25/02/2007 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 945 HPA POSITION: 18.8S / 55.1E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 9 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 270 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND ALSO BETWEEN 300 AND 500 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER , EXTENDING UP TO 330 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/25 AT 12 UTC: 19.8S / 53.9E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/26 AT 00 UTC: 20.3S / 53.4E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROP. CYCL.. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "GAMEDE" PRESENTS A VERY BROAD STRUCTURE, WITH IMPORTANT MAXIMUM WINDS EXTENSIONS, WITH NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS VERY FAR FROM THE CENTER. DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, GAMEDE SHOULD TRACK SOUTHWESTWARDS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES , SLOWING DOWN , THEN RECURVE MORE SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS.