WTIO22 FMEE 130018

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 13/01/2015

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 013/5 (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 HECTOPASCAL (HPA)

(INDICATIVE FIGURE).



HURRICANE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 13/01/2015 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5  (BANSI)  923 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.6 S / 57.3 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL SIX   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 110 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE EXTENDING UP

TO 250 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE, AND UP TO 350 NM IN THENORTHERN

QUADRANT WITHIN PERIPHERAL BANDS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/120 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 35 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE AND UP TO 105 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 130

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/01/13 AT 12 UTC:

17.5 S / 57.8 E, MAX WIND = 120 KT, VERY INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/01/14 AT 00 UTC:

17.5 S / 58.2 E, MAX WIND = 115 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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