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WTIO22 FMEE 261200 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 26/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 025/10 (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 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 940 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.3S / 52.8E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY TWO DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/90 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 2007/02/27 AT 00 UTC: 18.6S / 52.2E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/27 AT 12 UTC: 19.9S / 51.7E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "GAMEDE" PRESENTS A VERY BROAD CIRCULATION, THE STRONG WINDS EXTENSION IS IMPORTANT. DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS, THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN TRACKING WESTWARDS, VERY SLOWLY. WITHIN 12 TO 24 HOURS, "GAMEDE" IS EXPETCED TO HEAD SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS, SPEEDING UP GRADUALLY.