WTIO21 FMEE 061232

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 06/04/2015

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/14 (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: MONDAY 06/04/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: TROPICAL CYCLONE 14  (IKOLA)  974 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 15.0 S / 90.5 E

(FIFTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

NINETY    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-EAST 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 220 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER AND EXTENDING

UP TO 450 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CERCLE.

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

WITHIN A 35 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

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

QUADRANT AND UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 100

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 130 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 160 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/07 AT 00 UTC:

16.3 S / 91.8 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/04/07 AT 12 UTC:

17.8 S / 93.1 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

NEXT WARNING  ABOUT THIS SYSTEM ISSUED BY THE TCWC PERTH.

LAST WARNING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM ISSUED BY THE RSMC REUNION.=