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WTIO24 FMEE 271200 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 27/01/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 014/08 (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 SEAS LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCALS (HPA) (INDICATIVE FIGURE). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 27/01/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8 (FAME) 972 HPA POSITION: 16.2S / 44.3E (SIXTEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY FOUR DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRLCE AND UP TO 250 NM INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. STROM FORCE WINDS 50/60KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WHITHIN 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT MAINLY. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/01/28 AT 00 UTC: 17.6S / 44.7E, OVERLAND. 24H, VALID 2008/01/28 AT 12 UTC: 19.0S / 45.8E, OVERLAND. OTHER INFORMATIONS: FAME IS NOW TRACKING GLOBALLY SOUTHWARDS AND INTENSIFICATION HAS RESTARTED. IT COULD REACH TROPICAL CYCLONE STAGE BEFORE LANDFALL. IT SHOULD MADE LANDFALL NEAR THE AREA OF CAP SAINT ANDRE,SOUTH TO THE CAP, THIS EVENING OR IN THE NIGHT, THEN IT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY OVER LAND DUE TO ITS SMALL SIZE.