WTIO20 FMEE 121833

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 12/04/2016

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 007/8 (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 12/04/2016 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 8  (FANTALA)  980 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 12.9 S / 68.8 E

(TWELVE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY EIGHT    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT: WEST 4 KT



THREAT AREAS:

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

180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 30 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 50 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

AND SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 55 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 40

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 90 NM IN THE NORTH-WESTERN

AND SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 110 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.



FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/13 AT 06 UTC:

12.8 S / 67.1 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/13 AT 18 UTC:

12.7 S / 65.5 E, MAX WIND = 90 KT, INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

THE MSLP ESTIMATE IS LOWERED BASED ON ADDITIONAL DATA.=