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WTIO24 FMEE 150000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 15/03/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 42/12 (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). WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 15/03/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 12 (EX-JOKWE) 1001 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 24.7S / 40.0E (TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: QUASI-STATIONARY THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/20 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 300 NM AND LOCALLY REACHING 25 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/15 AT 12 UTC: TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2008/03/16 AT 00 UTC: DISSIPATING. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM IS QUICKLY WEAKENING. THE LLC SHOULD REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS BEFORE FULLY BE MERGED INTO A COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM THAT REMAINS CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENARATION.