WTIO22 FMEE 151214

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 15/04/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 018/8 (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: FRIDAY 15/04/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  938 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.5 S / 58.8 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY EIGHT    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP

TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLES.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/110 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 30 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 35 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 90 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 70

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/16 AT 00 UTC:

12.4 S / 57.2 E, MAX WIND = 115 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/16 AT 12 UTC:

12.1 S / 55.5 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



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