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WTIO20 FMEE 120000 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 12/03/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 21/13 (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: WEDNESDAY 12/03/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 13 (KAMBA) 980 HPA POSITION: 24.5S / 79.2E (TWENTY FOUR DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY NINE DECIMAL TWO DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 9 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS UP TO 500 NM FROM TEH CENTER IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTORS. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 100 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 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/03/12 AT 12 UTC: 25.9S / 80.4E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, EXTRATROPICAL. 24H, VALID 2008/03/13 AT 00 UTC: 28.4S / 79.9E, MAX WIND = 40 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