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WTIO24 FMEE 210600 PAN PAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 21/01/2009 AT 0600 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 013/07 (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). HURRICANE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 21/01/2009 AT 0600 UTC. PHENOMENON: OVERLAND DEPRESSION 7 (EX-FANELE) 955 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.3S / 44.3E (TWENTY ONE DECIMAL THREE DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY FOUR DECIMAL THREE DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT, AND UP TO 400 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE WITHIN THE OUTER BANDS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/80 KT WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER. STILL VERY HIGH TO PHENOMAL SEAS ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR NEAR AND NORTH WHERE THE CENTER HAS MADE LANDFALL. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT WITHIN 80 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS UP TO AROUND 30 NM OFFSHORE OF THE WESTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT WITHIN 100 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE. VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS UP TO AROUND 50 NM OFFSHORE OF THE WESTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT WITHIN 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS UP TO 100 NM OFFSHORE OF THE WESTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/01/21 AT 18 UTC: 22.7S / 46.1E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, OVERLAND. 24H, VALID 2009/01/22 AT 06 UTC: 23.6S / 48.7E, MAX WIND = 25 KT, TROP. DISTURBANCE. OTHER INFORMATIONS: FANELE HAS MADE LANDFALL OVER THE WESTERN MALAGASY COAST AROUND 02:15Z IN THE VICINITY OF BELO. IT SHOULD WEAKEN OVER LAND BEFORE MOVING BACK OVER SEA TOMORROW SOUTH EAST OF MADAGASCAR.