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WTIO22 FMEE 140600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 14/03/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 015/12 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 14/03/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 12 (INDLALA) 950 HPA POSITION: 14.0S / 52.1E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY TWO DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 250 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE PERIFERIC BANDS ALL AROUND THE SYSTEM. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/85 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 45 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/03/14 AT 18 UTC: 14.7S / 51.4E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROP. CYCL.. 24H, VALID 2007/03/15 AT 06 UTC: 15.4S / 50.8E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROP. CYCL.. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM "INDLALA" KEEPS ON INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY WITHIN A RATHER FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE MAXIMUM WINDS EXTENSION IS IMPORTANT IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE DUE TO THE GRADIENT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. "INDLALA" IS CURVING SOUTHWESTWARDS, TRACKING TOWARDS MASOALA PENINSULA.