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WTIO24 FMEE 151200 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 15/03/2007 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 020/12 (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: THURSDAY 15/03/2007 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 12 (INDLALA) 975 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.2S / 49.8E (FIFTEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY NINE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/03/16 AT 00 UTC: 15.7S / 48.6E, OVERLAND. 24H, VALID 2007/03/16 AT 12 UTC: 16.3S / 47.4E, OVERLAND. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM IS EXPECTED WEAKENING SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN 12 HOURS AND BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE OVERLAND. ITS RESTS SHOULD HOWEVER COME BACK OVER SEA IN THE SOUTHEAST OF MALAGASY WITHIN 72 HOURS.