WTIO20 FMEE 171209 PANPAN HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S) ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 17/02/2016 AT 1200 UTC. WARNING NUMBER: 012/5 (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: WEDNESDAY 17/02/2016 AT 1200 UTC. PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 5 (URIAH) 935 HPA POSITION: WITHIN 10 NM RADIUS OF POINT 18.7 S / 80.1 E (EIGHTEEN DECIMAL SEVEN DEGREES SOUTH AND EIGHTY DECIMAL ONE DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC MOVEMENT: WEST-SOUTH-WEST 10 KT THREAT AREAS: SQUALLY WEATHER EXTENDING UP TO 150 NM FROM THE CENTER, AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/105 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 65 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT. STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 70 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 105 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT. GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 90 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 110 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 190 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 160 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 350 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT. STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS. FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY: 12H, VALID 2016/02/18 AT 00 UTC: 20.0 S / 78.7 E, MAX WIND = 110 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 24H, VALID 2016/02/18 AT 12 UTC: 21.3 S / 78.1 E, MAX WIND = 100 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE OTHER INFORMATIONS: NIL=