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WTIO24 FMEE 130600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 13/03/2008 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 035/12 (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: THURSDAY 13/03/2008 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 12 (JOKWE) 970 HPA POSITION: 25.0S / 40.4E (TWENTY FIVE DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: NORTH 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 160 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 MN IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS NEAR THE CENTRE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 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 EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 210 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/13 AT 18 UTC: 24.5S / 40.6E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/03/14 AT 06 UTC: 24.1S / 40.6E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. OTHER INFORMATIONS: JOKWE HAS GRADUALLY REORGANIZED AND SHOWS AN EYE ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY. IT IS EXPECTED TO KEEP ON TRACKING SLOWLY NORTHWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVOURABLE AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARDS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANTLY UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FORECAST TRACK.