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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001

...CHANTAL SLOWS DOWN AND STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY AS IT BECOMES 
BETTER ORGANIZED...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND THE
CAYMAN ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR
BELIZE...AND FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL TO CANCUN.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS DISCONTINUED
THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR ALL OF JAMAICA.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.6 WEST OR 
ABOUT OR ABOUT 315 MILES...505 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE CAYMAN 
ISLANDS.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 205 MILES...330 KM...SOUTHWEST OF 
KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...
AND A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED 
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
CHANTAL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR EARLY MONDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST FROM THE CENTER. 

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

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

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...15.5 N... 78.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
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