WTIO22 FMEE 170015

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 17/04/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 024/8 (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: SUNDAY 17/04/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  939 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.1 S / 53.5 E

(ELEVEN    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY THREE    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 9 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

TO 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/105 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 65

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/17 AT 12 UTC:

10.2 S / 51.7 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/18 AT 00 UTC:

9.4 S / 50.2 E, MAX WIND = 115 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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