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WTIO22 FMEE 250600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 25/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 020/10 (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 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 955 HPA POSITION: 18.7S / 54.2E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FOUR DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 350 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/80 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 18 UTC: 18.6S / 53.2E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/26 AT 06 UTC: 18.5S / 52.3E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: GAMEDE HAS A VERY BROAD CIRCULATION, AND EXTENSION OF THE STRONG WINDS IS IMPORTANT. FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS, GAMEDE SHOULD TRACK GENERALLY WESTWARDS THEN SLOW DOWN AND CURVE SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS.