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WTIO20 FMEE 251800 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 25/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 019/11 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 25/02/2007 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 11 (HUMBA) 966 HPA POSITION: 20.5S / 77.2E (TWENTY DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY SEVEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 400 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUDRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. 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 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/02/26 AT 06 UTC: 22.0S / 76.7E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/02/26 AT 18 UTC: 23.5S / 76.2E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "HUMBA" SLIGHTLY WEAKENED DURING THE DAY, UNDERGOING AN INCREASING NORTH NORTH-WESTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. "HUMBA" IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING MAINLY SOUTHWARDS, WEAKENING GRADUALLY.