WTIO22 FMEE 051215

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 05/02/2017

AT

1200 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 009/4 (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: SUNDAY 05/02/2017 AT 1200 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 4  (CARLOS)  985 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 17.5 S / 57.0 E

(SEVENTEEN    DECIMAL FIVE   DEGREES SOUTH AND

FIFTY SEVEN    DECIMAL ZERO   DEGREES EAST) AT 1200 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 2 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER IN A RADIUS OF 60 NM FROM THE CENTER EXTENDING UP TO

250 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN SECTOR.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 15 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 20 NM IN THE SOUTHERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

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 NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT, UP TO 40 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 60 NM

IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

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

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 80 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2017/02/06 AT 00 UTC:

18.1 S / 57.1 E, MAX WIND = 60 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM

24H, VALID 2017/02/06 AT 12 UTC:

18.8 S / 56.8 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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