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WTIO20 FMEE 111800 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 11/03/2008 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 20/13 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 11/03/2008 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 13 (KAMBA) 970 HPA POSITION: 23.8S / 78.2E (TWENTY THREE DECIMAL EIGHT DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY EIGHT DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 9 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS UP TO 500 NM FROM TEH CENTER IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTORS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 35 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/12 AT 06 UTC: 25.8S / 78.7E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2008/03/12 AT 18 UTC: 28.2S / 77.9E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. OTHER INFORMATIONS: SYSTEM IS WEAKENING RAPIDLY OVER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE COOLER AND COOLER, UNDERGOING ALSO AN INCREASING NORTHWESTERLY VERTICAL WINDSHEAR, WHICH DISORGANIZES AND PUSHSES THUNDERSTORM CONVECTIVE ACTIVUTY SOUTHEASTARDS. STRONGEST WINDS EXTEND FAR IN THE SOUTH DUE TO THE GRADIENT EFFECT WITH THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURES. IT SHOULD BECOME EXTRATROPICAL WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS, WITH A NON-SYMETRIC STRUCTURE.11