WTIO22 FMEE 191220

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 19/04/2016

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 034/8 (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: TUESDAY 19/04/2016 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  973 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 15 NM RADIUS OF POINT 9.4 S / 50.4 E

(NINE    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST-SOUTH-EAST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

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

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 55 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 40 NM

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

QUADRANT, UP TO 65 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 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 135 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/20 AT 00 UTC:

10.0 S / 51.3 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/04/20 AT 12 UTC:

10.8 S / 52.5 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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