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WTIO20 FMEE 091800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 09/03/2008 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 12/13 (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 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 13 (KAMBA) 975 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.9S / 81.1E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL NINE DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY ONE DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 10 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 500 MN MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT, AND UP TO 110 MN IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/10 AT 06 UTC: 16.7S / 79.1E, MAX WIND = 65 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2008/03/10 AT 18 UTC: 19.0S / 77.9E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: WIND EXTENSIONS ARE CALIBRATED THANKS TO RECENT SATELLITE DATA.