WTIO22 FMEE 190007

PANPAN

HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 19/04/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 032/8 (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).



HURRICANE WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: TUESDAY 19/04/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: INTENSE TROPICAL CYCLONE 8  (FANTALA)  940 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 30 NM RADIUS OF POINT 9.3 S / 49.9 E

(NINE    DECIMAL THREE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FORTY NINE    DECIMAL NINE   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: EAST 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 150 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP

TO 350 NM IN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN SECTOR.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/100 KT AND VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL SEAS

WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE

SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 80 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 120 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 180 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 150

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 240 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/04/19 AT 12 UTC:

9.5 S / 50.8 E, MAX WIND = 80 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE

24H, VALID 2016/04/20 AT 00 UTC:

10.3 S / 51.9 E, MAX WIND = 70 KT, TROPICAL CYCLONE



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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