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WTIO20 FMEE 071800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/02/2008 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 003/11 (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 07/02/2008 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (IVAN) 984 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.5S / 62.5E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY TWO DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 11 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WHEATHER EXIST WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND 180 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/08 AT 06 UTC: 15.7S / 63.4E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/02/08 AT 18 UTC: 16.7S / 63.3E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: IVAN SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE GLOBALLY SOUTHEASTWARDS, THEN SOUTHWARDS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND KEEP ON INTENSIFYING WITHIN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT.