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WTIO24 FMEE 101200 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 10/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 024/12 (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: MONDAY 10/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 12 (JOKWE) 960 HPA POSITION: 21.2S / 39.8E (TWENTY ONE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND THIRTY NINE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: 15SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 230 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE HURRICANE 65/75 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/11 AT 00 UTC: 22.7S / 40.1E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROP. CYCL.. 24H, VALID 2008/03/11 AT 12 UTC: 24.0S / 40.2E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: JOKWE HAS RE-INTESIFY ONCE MORE DURING LAST HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING GLOBALLY SOUTHWARDS.