WTIO20 FMEE 091223

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 09/04/2015

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 020/13 (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: THURSDAY 09/04/2015 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 13  (JOALANE)  979 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.0 S / 65.7 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY FIVE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 5 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING UP

TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN SECTOR AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE

SOUTH-EASTERN SECTOR.

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

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 50 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 105 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 130 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 150 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 140

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM IN THE

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

AND UP TO 270 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2015/04/10 AT 00 UTC:

18.3 S / 66.2 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2015/04/10 AT 12 UTC:

19.7 S / 67.5 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



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