[Ips-geo-warning] IPS GEOMAGNETIC WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 02/08
ISSUED AT 16/2254Z MARCH 2002
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

A FULL HALO MASS EJECTION WAS OBSERVED LATE
15 MARCH/EARLY 16 MARCH IN ASSOCIATION WITH
AN LONG DURATION M2 FLARE.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
FROM 18-19 MARCH 2002.
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST 
18 Mar:  Initially quiet to unsettled, increasing to
         storm levels late on 18th.
19 Mar:  Initially at Minor storm then declining .


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