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WTIO22 FMEE 261800 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 26/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 026/10 (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 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 940 HPA POSITION: 18.3S / 52.8E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY TWO DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: STATIONARY 0 KT 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. 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 180 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER , EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/27 AT 06 UTC: 19.0S / 52.5E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/27 AT 18 UTC: 20.2S / 52.1E, 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 REMAINS STATIONARY. WITHIN 12 HOURS, GAMEDE IS EXPECTED TO HEAD SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS, SPEEDING UP GRADUALLY.