WTMA20 FIMP 150040 TTT WARNING OF STORM BHEKI INTENSIFIED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM. AT 15/0000 UTC, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM BHEKI 985 HPA WAS CENTERED WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 11.2 S / 75.9 E (ELEVEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY FIVE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST). MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 6 KT. THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 300 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER. STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS EXTENDING UP TO 25 NM IN THE WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. 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 WESTERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 75 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 115 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. END=