WTIO22 FMEE 221805

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 22/04/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 047/8 (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 22/04/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  976 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.8 S / 57.3 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 3 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 40 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

80 MN WITHIN THE NORTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.



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

WITHIN A 10 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 15 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/23 AT 06 UTC:

12.6 S / 56.1 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2016/04/23 AT 18 UTC:

12.3 S / 54.5 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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