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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001

...CHANTAL MOVING FARTHER INLAND AND WEAKENING...
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF BELIZE AND MEXICO HAVE
DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE CARIBBEAN COASTS OF THOSE
COUNTRIES.
 
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
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
FROM PROGRESO TO CARMEN.  ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND WATCHES MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THE MEXICAN GULF COAST LATER TODAY.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...SURFACE AND RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5
NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.1 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES...85 KM...WEST OF
CHETUMAL MEXICO.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS
MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TODAY
AND TONIGHT...POSSIBLY MOVING INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  50 MPH...85 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING SHOULD CONTINUE AS CHANTAL MOVES
FARTHER INLAND...AND THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION
LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM MAINLY TO EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 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 10 AM CDT POSITION...18.5 N... 89.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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