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WTIO24 FMEE 010600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/03/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 036/10 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 01/03/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (GAMEDE) 966 HPA POSITION: 28.5S / 49.9E (TWENTY EIGHT DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, MAINLY IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 350 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 30 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 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 18 UTC: 29.9S / 48.7E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/03/02 AT 06 UTC: 30.7S / 48.3E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: GAMEDE IS LOSING ITS STRUCTURE RAPIDLY UNDERGOING A NORTHWESTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR MODERATE INCREASING, ARRIVING ON COOLER WATER. 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.