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WTIO22 FMEE 010000 CCA *************** CORRECTIVE ************** PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/03/2007 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 035/10 (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: THURSDAY 01/03/2007 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 963 HPA POSITION: 27.6S / 50.2E (TWENTY SEVEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 11 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 400 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 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 80 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 ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 200 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 2007/03/01 AT 12 UTC: 29.3S / 49.9E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/03/02 AT 00 UTC: 30.7S / 49.6E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: GAMEDE HAS LIGHTLY INTENSIFIED WITH THE REBUILDING OF A LARGE 45NM DIAMETER EYE, AND IT HAS STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. IT HAS TRACKED SOUTHSOUTHWESTWARDS AT 11 KT DURING THE LAST 6 HOURS. GAMEDE SHOULD STILL TRACK SOUTHSOUTHWESTWARDS SLOWING DOWN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, BEFORE WEAKENING AND BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL OVER COOLER SEA (SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AT LESS THAN 26 DEGRES CELSIUS) SOUTH OF 31 SOUTH.