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WTIO24 FMEE 020600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 02/03/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 040/10 (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). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY 02/03/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 10 (GAMEDE) 980 HPA POSITION: 31.6S / 48.8E (THIRTY ONE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY EIGHT DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 6 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. STORM FORCE WINDS 50KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER , EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/03/02 AT 18 UTC: 32.0S / 49.0E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2007/03/03 AT 06 UTC: 32.5S / 49.1E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: GAMEDE SHOWS A LESS TROPICAL STRUCTURE WITHIN A UNVAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. RESIDUAL THUNDERY ACTIVITY IS SOUTHEASTWARDS AWAY FROM THE CENTRE. SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK SLOWLY GENERALLY SOUTHWARDS AND BEGIN TO DISSIPATE OVER WATER AT MEDIUM RANGE.