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WTIO22 FMEE 071200 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 07/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 012/12 (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: FRIDAY 07/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 12 (JOKWE) 975 HPA POSITION: 14.4S / 42.8E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY TWO DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 180 NM FROM THE CENTER, MAINLY IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STROM FORCE WINDS 50/65 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/08 AT 00 UTC: 14.8S / 41.2E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2008/03/08 AT 12 UTC: 16.0S / 39.8E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, OVERLAND. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THIS SMALL SYSTEM REACTS VERY QUICKLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND UNDERGOES THEREFORE RAPID VARIATIONS OF INTENSITY. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GENERALLY WESTWARDS FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS AND THEN SOUTHWESTWARDS ALONG THE MOZAMBIQUE COASTLINE. MSLP IS HIGHER THAN USUAL FOR THIS INTENSITY STAGE.