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WTIO20 FMEE 120600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/02/2008 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 021/11 (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: TUESDAY 12/02/2008 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (IVAN) 975 HPA POSITION: 14.1S / 64.6E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND SIXTY FOUR DECIMAL SIX DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST 3 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WHEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. 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 NORTHERN 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 NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNEDR SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/12 AT 18 UTC: 14.0S / 63.7E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/02/13 AT 06 UTC: 14.0S / 62.6E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM HAS TRACKED SLOWLY GLOBALLY WESTWARDS OVER THE LAST HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEPS ON TRACKING GLOBALLY WESTWARDS, SLOWLY WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND ACCELERATING BEYOND, AND INTENSIFYING PROGRESSIVELY. BEYOND 48 HOURS, IVAN IS FORECASTED TO RECURVE PROGRESSIVELY SOUTHWESTWARDS.