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WTIO24 FMEE 271800 SECURITE WARNING FOR METAREA VII ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 27/03/2009 AT 1800 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 015/11 (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 27/03/2009 AT 1800 UTC. PHENOMENON: TROPICAL DISTURBANCE 11 (EX-IZILDA) 1004 HPA POSITION: 22.4S / 40.5E (TWENTY TWO DECIMAL FOUR DEGREES SOUTH AND FORTY DECIMAL FIVE DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 7 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM OF THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT. CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION 15/20 KT AND MODERATE TO ROUGH SEAS, LOCALLY REACHING 25 KT UP TO 90 NM FROM THE CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE BY GRADIENT EFFECT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2009/03/28 AT 06 UTC: 22.2S / 38.9E, MAX WIND = 20 KT, FILLING UP. 24H, VALID 2009/03/28 AT 18 UTC: 21.9S / 37.5E, MAX WIND = 15 KT, DISSIPATING. OTHER INFORMATIONS: THE CENTER OF THIS RESIDUAL CIRCULATION IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT ABOUT 15 NM IN THE SOUTH-EAST OF EUROPA ISLAND. WINDS EXTENSIONS ARE CALIBRATED THANKS TO RECENT SATELLITE DATA. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM.