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WTIO20 FMEE 220600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 22/11/2007 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 016/03 (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 22/11/2007 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 3 (BONGWE) 976 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.0S / 70.0E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50KT AND HIGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 45 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2007/11/22 AT 18 UTC: 14.1S / 69.3E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2007/11/23 AT 06 UTC: 14.2S / 68.6E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: "BONGWE" IS A VERY SMALL SYSTEM WHICH AS INTENSIFIED DURING LAST HOURS. IT SHOULD TRACK GENERALLY WESTSOUTHWESTWARDS AT LOW SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. "BONGWE" COULD REACH TROPICAL CYCLONE STAGE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS BUT SHOULD NOT STRENGHEN FURTHER MORE DUE TO LIMITED SST.