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WTIO20 FMEE 110600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 11/02/2008 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 017/11 (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: MONDAY 11/02/2008 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (IVAN) 972 HPA POSITION: 14.5S / 65.0E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY FIVE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WHEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNEDR SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/11 AT 18 UTC: 14.5S / 65.2E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2008/02/12 AT 06 UTC: 14.5S / 65.3E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS INTESIFYING PROGRESSIVELY, AN EYE IS NOW VISIBLE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. IVAN IS EXPECTED TO GOING ON TRACK VERY SLOWLY GGLOBALLY NORTHEASTWARDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.