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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 04/02/2017

AT

1800 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 006/4 (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: SATURDAY 04/02/2017 AT 1800 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  992 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 16.8 S / 56.5 E

(SIXTEEN    DECIMAL EIGHT   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SIX    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES EAST) AT 1800 UTC

MOVEMENT:   QUASI-STATIONARY



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A RADIUS OF 70 NM FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

200 NM IN THE EASTERN SECTOR.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 10 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 20 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 25 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 25

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

AND NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANTS, AND UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/05 AT 06 UTC:

17.0 S / 56.7 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/05 AT 18 UTC:

17.4 S / 57.0 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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