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WTIO24 FMEE 120600 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/03/2008 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 031/12 (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: WEDNESDAY 12/03/2008 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 12 (JOKWE) 975 HPA POSITION: 25.2S / 40.3E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 4 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 MN IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 45 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/12 AT 18 UTC: 25.5S / 40.4E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/03/13 AT 06 UTC: 25.5S / 39.6E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: CONVECTION HAS REBUILT OVER THE CENTER DURING THE LAST HOURS, MAKING A STOP IN WEAKENING OF THE SYSTEM. ER HAS BEEN RE-LOCATED. DURING THE LAST 6 HOURS, IT HAS CURVED WESWARDS. IT IS EXPOSED NORTHWEST OF DEEP CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. SYSTEM IS IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON WEAKENING WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT MOVES GLOBALLY WESTWARDS.