WTIO20 FMEE 160607

SECURITE

STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 16/02/2016

AT

0600 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/5 (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).



STORM WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 16/02/2016 AT 0600 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 5  (URIAH)  988 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.9 S / 85.5 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FIVE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0600 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM FROM THE CENTER, AND UP TO 300

NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP TO

50 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 65 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 120

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE

NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 220 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/02/16 AT 18 UTC:

17.9 S / 83.4 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/02/17 AT 06 UTC:

18.0 S / 81.3 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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