WTIO22 FMEE 210017

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HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 21/04/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 040/8 (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: THURSDAY 21/04/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  975 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.1 S / 54.9 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL ONE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY FOUR    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 8 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 115 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 160 NM IN TH EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

WITHIN A 25 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 60 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 75 NM

IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/21 AT 12 UTC:

13.0 S / 55.2 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/04/22 AT 00 UTC:

13.4 S / 55.1 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



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