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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT AUG 18 2001

...CHANTAL CONTINUING QUICKLY WESTWARD...HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR
JAMAICA...

AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WARNING FOR JAMAICA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.3 WEST OR ABOUT
425 MILES...685 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.  THIS IS
ALSO ABOUT 275 MILES...440 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND A
GENERAL WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
CHANTAL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3-5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF CHANTAL.

ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS STORM. 
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...14.8 N... 71.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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