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WTIO22 FMEE 110000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 11/03/2007 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 002/12 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 11/03/2007 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 12 1000 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.4S / 59.3E (FIFTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY NINE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 11 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 160 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. WIDE CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 25KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS AROUND THE CENTER, REACHING LOCALLY NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS FAR FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT AND THE SOUTHEN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/03/11 AT 12 UTC: 15.4S / 57.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. 24H, VALID 2007/03/12 AT 00 UTC: 15.1S / 56.4E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS INTENSIFYING, WITH DEEP CONVECTION INCREASING ABOVE A LLCC MORE AND MORE WELL DEFINED. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK GLOBALLY WESTWARDS INTENSIFYING SLOWLY.