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WTIO22 FMEE 260600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 26/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 024/10 (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: MONDAY 26/02/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 935 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.4S / 53.0E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY THREE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/95 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 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 250 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 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/26 AT 18 UTC: 18.4S / 52.4E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/27 AT 06 UTC: 19.2S / 51.7E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "GAMEDE" PRESENTS A VERY BROAD CIRCULATION, THE STRONG WINDS EXTENSION IS IMPORTANT. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN TRACKING MAINLY WESTAWARDS DURING THE LAST 6 HOURS, RATHER SLOWLY. WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS, "GAMEDE" IS EXPECTED TO RECURVE SOUTHWESTWARDS, SPEEDING UP GRADUALLY.