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WTIO24 FMEE 110000 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 11/03/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 026/12 (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: TUESDAY 11/03/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 12 (JOKWE) 940 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 22.8S / 40.9E (TWENTY TWO DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT THREAT AREAS: 15SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 200 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE HURRICANE 65/90 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 80 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 12 UTC: 24.4S / 41.1E, MAX WIND = 85 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2008/03/12 AT 00 UTC: 25.3S / 40.5E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM HAS REACHED AGAIN INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE STATUS. 30 KT WINDS EXTENSION HAS BEEN ADJUSTED THANKS TO AN ASCAT PASS AT 1924Z.