WTIO20 FMEE 301225

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 30/04/2018

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 008/9 (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: MONDAY 30/04/2018 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 9  (FLAMBOYAN)  983 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.7 S / 84.4 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

EIGHTY FOUR    DECIMAL FOUR   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 7 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A 80 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP TO

MORE THAN 300 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

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

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 65 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 85 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 120 NM

IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 90

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 120 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 230 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/05/01 AT 00 UTC:

17.1 S / 83.9 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2018/05/01 AT 12 UTC:

18.4 S / 83.6 E, MAX WIND = 45 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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