WTIO22 FMEE 230008

SECURITE

STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 23/04/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 048/8 (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).



STORM WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 23/04/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  984 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.7 S / 56.9 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTH-WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

90 MN WITHIN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.



STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 10 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 15 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

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

12.4 S / 55.3 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

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

11.7 S / 53.8 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM



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