Subject: Indian-N: Issued By Meteo-france/tropical Cyclone Centre/la Reunion 01/01/2004 At

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 06:29:52 -0600

WTIO22 FMEE 011200
SECURITE
STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 01/01/2004 AT
1200 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 014/04 (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 HECTOPASCALS (HPA)
(INDICATIVE FIGURE).

STORM WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: THURSDAY  01/01/2004 AT 1200 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 4 (DARIUS) 980 HPA
POSITION:           17.2S / 58.6E
(SEVENTEEN DECIMAL TWO DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY EIGHT DECIMAL SIX DEGREES
EAST) AT 1200 UTC
MOVEMENT:          SOUTH-SOUTH-WEST 8 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 90 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
UP TO
 160 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE, AND LOCALLY UP TO
 300 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTOR.

 STORM FORCE WINDS 50/55 KT AND HIGH SEAS NEAR THE CENTRE., AND EXTENDING
 UP TO 30 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
 GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40 NM RADIUS
  OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
  NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 60 NM
  RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING LOCALLY UP TO 150 NM OF THE CENTRE
IN THE
 SOUTHEASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
 STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

 FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
 12H, VALID 2004/01/02 AT 00 UTC:
 18.5S / 58.3E, MAX WIND = 55 KT.
 24H, VALID 2004/01/02 AT 12 UTC:
 20.1S / 58.0E, MAX WIND = 50 KT.

 OTHER INFORMATIONS:
 THE SYSTEM IS UNDERGOING A MODERATE VERTICAL WINDS SHEAR, LIMITING THE
 DEVELOPMENT.
 IT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SLOWLY GENERALY =

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