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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001

...CHANTAL STALLS ALONG THE BELIZE-MEXICO BORDER...TORRENTIAL 
RAINFALL LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TODAY...

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BELIZE CITY NORTHWARD TO
CANCUN...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
COASTAL BELIZE...AND FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
FROM THE MEXICO/BELIZE BORDER NORTHWARD TO CANCUN.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA FROM PROGRESO TO CARMEN.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR REPORTS 
INDICATE THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  88.3 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES...
25 KM...SOUTH OF CHETUMAL MEXICO.
 
CHANTAL HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE BELIZE-MEXICO BORDER 
THIS MORNING.  HOWEVER...A SLOW WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO 
RESUME LATER TODAY.  ON THIS TRACK...CHANTAL WOULD EMERGE INTO THE 
SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO BY WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT CROSSES THE 
YUCATAN PENINSULA TODAY. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET...ACCOMPANIED BY BATTERING
WAVES...IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND NORTH OF THE BELIZE/MEXICO BORDER 
TODAY. IN ADDITION...STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE 
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE GULF COAST OF YUCATAN BY LATE TODAY AND ON 
WEDNESDAY.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS... 
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE PATH OF CHANTAL.  LOCALIZED FLOODING 
...ESPECIALLY NEAR COASTAL AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...18.3 N... 88.3 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 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 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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