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WTIO22 FMEE 130000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 13/03/2007 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 010/12 (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). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 13/03/2007 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 12 (INDLALA) 980 HPA POSITION: 13.0S / 55.4E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY FIVE DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/03/13 AT 12 UTC: 13.1S / 54.5E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/03/14 AT 00 UTC: 13.6S / 53.6E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM KEEPS ON REGULARLY INTENSIFYING WITHIN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT, AN D AN EYE IS NOW VISIBLE ON THE LASTS SATELLITE IMAGERY. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS EXTENSION IS MORE IMPORTANT IN THE SOUTHERN PART DUE TO THE GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. THIS EXTENSION IS MEASURED THANKS TO RECENT SATELLITE DATA. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GLOBALLY WESTWARDS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE HIGH PRESSURES OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY AND THEN TO CURVE SOUTHWESTWARDS TOWARDS A TROUGH TRANSITING IN THE SOUTH.