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WTIO20 FMEE 091200 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 011/13 (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: SUNDAY 09/03/2008 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 13 (KAMBA) 985 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.7S / 82.1E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY TWO DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 11 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 110 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 MN MAINLY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 35 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 55 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 185 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/10 AT 00 UTC: 16.1S / 80.0E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROP. STORM. 24H, VALID 2008/03/10 AT 12 UTC: 18.1S / 78.7E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM HAS BEEN NAMED "KAMBA" BY THE MAURITIUS METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES AT 0300 UTC.