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WTIO20 FMEE 241200 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 24/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 013/11 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 24/02/2007 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (HUMBA) 975 HPA POSITION: 16.4S / 79.5E (SIXTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY NINE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 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 240 NM IN THE SOUTERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/25 AT 00 UTC: 18.0S / 78.7E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/02/25 AT 12 UTC: 19.7S / 78.0E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: HUMBA SHOWS NOW A BUILDING EYE. HUMBA SHOULD KEEP ON INTENSIFYING AND TRACK SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARDS, THEN SOUTHWARDS UP TO TAU48, UNDERGOING AN INCREASING VERTICAL WIND SHEAR.