WTIO20 FMEE 071236

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 07/04/2015

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 012/13 (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: TUESDAY 07/04/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 13  (JOALANE)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 14.3 S / 62.7 E

(FOURTEEN    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY TWO    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 220 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 35 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

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 SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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 FROM THE CENTRE IN

THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/08 AT 00 UTC:

14.8 S / 62.6 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT,

24H, VALID 2015/04/08 AT 12 UTC:

15.4 S / 62.6 E, MAX WIND = 85 KT,



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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