WTIO20 FMEE 221224 SECURITE GALE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 22/11/2015 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 012/1 (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). GALE WARNING BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SUNDAY 22/11/2015 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 1 (ANNABELLE) 994 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.6 S / 71.9 E (TWELVE DECIMAL SIX DEGREES SOUTH AND SEVENTY ONE DECIMAL NINE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 5 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN A 120 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER, EXTENDING TO 400 MN OVER THE EASTERN 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 60 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2015/11/23 AT 00 UTC: 14.1 S / 73.0 E, MAX WIND = 40 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM 24H, VALID 2015/11/23 AT 12 UTC: 15.8 S / 74.7 E, MAX WIND = 35 KT, MODERATE TROPICAL STORM OTHER INFORMATIONS: NIL.=