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WTIO24 FMEE 091200 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 020/12 (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). STORM WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 09/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 12 (JOKWE) 985 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.1S / 38.9E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY EIGHT DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 230 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 280 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/10 AT 00 UTC: 19.1S / 39.0E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/03/10 AT 12 UTC: 20.6S / 39.6E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: JOKWE IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GENERALLY SOUTHWARDS.