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WTIO20 FMEE 200600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 20/11/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 8/3 (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 20/11/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 3 (BONGWE) 980 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.6S / 75.5E (ELEVEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY FIVE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXIST UP TO 200 NM FROM THE CENTER STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 15NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/11/20 AT 18 UTC: 12.3S / 74.1E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2007/11/21 AT 06 UTC: 12.8S / 72.9E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: WINDS EXTENSION HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED WITH QUICKSCAT PASS AT 01:03 Z. "BONGWE" SHOULD KEEP ON MOVING GENERALLY SOUTHWESTWARDS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY SHOULD BE REACHED WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.