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WTIO20 FMEE 231800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 23/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 010/11 (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 23/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (HUMBA) 983 HPA POSITION: 14.6S / 80.6E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 11 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 400 NM FROM THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 35 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/24 AT 06 UTC: 16.4S / 79.3E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/02/24 AT 18 UTC: 18.0S / 78.4E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: HUMBA SHOULD GO ON INTENSIFYING AND TRACK SOUTHWESTWARDS, THEN SOUTHWARDS.