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WTIO20 FMEE 081200 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 08/01/2009 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 002/05 (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: THURSDAY 08/01/2009 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 5 1002 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.0S / 70.7E (FOURTEEN DECIMAL ZERO DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH 6 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 250 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 500 NM IN THE NORTHWESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 20/25 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTER, REACHING LOCALLY 30 KT IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/09 AT 00 UTC: 14.0S / 70.7E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. 24H, VALID 2009/01/09 AT 12 UTC: 15.0S / 69.1E, MAX WIND = 30 KT, TROP. DEPRESSION. OTHER INFORMATIONS: ASSOCIATED CONVECTION DEVELOPPED LAST NIGHT, REMAINS ACTIVE.. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY REGULARY, TRACKING SOUTHWESTWARDS.