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WTIO22 FMEE 140600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 14/02/2008 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 029/11 (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 14/02/2008 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 11 (IVAN) 983 HPA POSITION: 13.6S / 59.5E (THIRTEEN DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY NINE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WHEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 400 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STROM FORCE WINDS 50KT AND VERY HIGH SEAS WHITHIN 30NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI CIRCLE AND THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNEDR SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/02/14 AT 18 UTC: 14.0S / 57.7E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/02/15 AT 06 UTC: 14.6S / 56.1E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: WIND EXTENSIONS HAS BEEN CALIBRATED THANKS TO SATELLITE DATA (QUIKSCAT PASS AT 0210Z). BEYOND 36 HOURS, THE SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK SOUTHWESWARDS AND KEEP ON INTENSIFYING.