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WTIO20 FMEE 070000 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/02/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 012/10 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY 07/02/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 10 (HONDO) 925 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.7S / 82.3E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY TWO DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WHITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND LOCALLY UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/105 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/07 AT 12 UTC: 15.1S / 82.7E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2008/02/08 AT 00 UTC: 15.4S / 83.2E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: HONDO HAS REACHED INTENSITY PEAK WEDNESDAY AT 1830Z AND SHOWS NOW A LESS DEFINED EYE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON GRADUALLY WEAKENING ON THIS SLOW SOUTHEASTWARDS TRACK AND TO CLEARLY WEAK BEYOND 48 TO 60 HOURS ON COOLER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES.