Subject: Indian-N: Issued By Meteo-france/tropical Cyclone Centre/la Reunion 05/03/2004

From: SIU Weather Processor <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 18:13:34 -0600

WTIO22 FMEE 050013
PAN PAN
HURRICANE WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)
ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTRE/LA REUNION 05/03/2004
AT
0000 UTC.
WARNING NUMBER: 012/09 (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).

HURRICANE WARNING
BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: FRIDAY    05/03/2004 AT 0000 UTC.

PHENOMENON:        TROPICAL CYCLONE 9 ( GAFILO) 965 HPA
POSITION:           13.1S / 57.6E
(THIRTEEN DECIMAL ONE DEGREES SOUTH AND FIFTY SEVEN DECIMAL SIX
DEGREES
EAST) AT 0000 UTC
MOVEMENT:          WEST-SOUTH-WEST 7 KT

THREAT AREAS:
SQUALLY WEATHER EXISTS WITHIN 200 NM RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING
LOCALLY UP TO 350 NM FROM THE CENTRE IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHEASTERN
SEMI
-CIRCLES.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 65/70 KT AND PHENOMENAL SEAS WITHIN 20NM RADIUS
FROM THE CENTRE.
STORM FORCE WINDS 50 /60 KT AND VERY HIGH SEAS WITHIN 40NM RADIUS
FROM
THE CENTRE.
GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN 70 NM
RADIUS
 OF THE CENTRE.
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN 110
NM
RADIUS OF THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 200 NM IN THE SOUTHERN
SEMI-CIRCLE,
 AND LOCALLY UP TO 350 NM IN THE NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.
STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:
12H, VALID 2004/03/05 AT 12 UTC:
13.7S / 56.3E, MAX WIND = 75 KT.
24H, VALID 2004/03/06 AT 00 UTC:
14.5S / 54.9E, MAX WIND = 80 KT.

OTHER INFORMATIONS:
GAFILO IS TRACKING WESTSOUTHWESTWARD INTENSIFYING.=

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