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WTIO22 FMEE 010000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/02/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 23/9 (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: FRIDAY 01/02/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 9 (GULA) 986 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.2S / 56.1E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SIX DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 18 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING TO 200 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR AND MOSTLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. STORM FORCE WINDS 50KT AND HIGH SEAS UP TO 30 NM FROM THE CENTER IN ITS EASTERN SECTOR. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/01 AT 12 UTC: 27.5S / 55.5E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/02/02 AT 00 UTC: 31.4S / 56.5E, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ASYMMETRICAL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION DUE TO THE FAST MOTION OF THE SYSTEM. GULA RUSHES TOWARDS THE SOUTHSOUTHWEST BUT SHOULD SOON RECURVE GRADUALLY SOUTHEASTWARD WHILE INITIATING ITS EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION PHASE BEFORE BEING EXPELLED INTO THE MID-LATITUDE WESTERLIES.