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WTIO22 FMEE 210000 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/11/2008 AT 0000 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 008/03 (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: FRIDAY 21/11/2008 AT 0000 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 3 (EX-BERNARD) 1003 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS OF POINT 10.5S / 91.5E (TEN DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES SOUTH AND NINETY ONE DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC MOVEMENT: EAST 22 KT THREAT AREAS: LOCAL SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 100 NM FROM THE CENTRE ESTIME CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/20 KT AND MODERATE SEAS WHITHIN 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, LOCALLY REACHING 25/30 KT AND ROUGH SEAS IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE UP TO 100 NM FROM THE CENTRE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2008/11/21 AT 12 UTC: 10.3S / 94.5E, DISSIPATED. 24H, VALID 2008/11/22 AT 00 UTC: DISSIPATED. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM HAS SPECTACULARLY WEAKENED. DUE TO THE SYSTEM QUICK SPEED, NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS CAN BE LOCALLY REACHED IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. THE RESIDUAL CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION HAS CROSSED THE 90E (LIMIT OF OUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY). THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEME BY LA REUNION TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER. NO MORE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE THE DARWIN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS IDD10210.