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WTIO24 FMEE 191800 SECURITE STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 19/01/2009 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 007/07 (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: MONDAY 19/01/2009 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 7 (FANELE) 972 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.7S / 41.3E (TWENTY ONE DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY ONE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: NORTH-EAST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDS WITHIN 180 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 350 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE . NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/20 AT 06 UTC: 20.1S / 41.9E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. 24H, VALID 2009/01/20 AT 18 UTC: 20.1S / 43.3E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO RECURVE NORTHEASTWARDS. IT SI EXEPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARDS THEN EAST-SOUTHEASTWARDS IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM NR6. IT COULD MAKE LANDFALL BEYOND TAU 24H TO 36H ON THE WESTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR (IN THE MORONDAVE/MOROMBE AREA) AT THE TROPICAL CYCLONE STAGE.