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TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001

...CHANTAL WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...MAY RE-INTENSIFY
OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE...
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF BELIZE AND MEXICO HAVE
DISCONTINUED ALL WARNINGS ALONG THE THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA.  THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ALSO DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE GULF COAST NORTH OF CAMPECHE.
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST FROM
CAMPECHE SOUTHWARD TO CARMEN.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH ALONG THE GULF COAST WEST OF CARMEN TO VERACRUZ.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHANTAL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.7 WEST OR ABOUT 95 
MILES...150 KM...WEST OF CHETUMAL MEXICO.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 135
MILES...220 KM...EAST OF CARMEN MEXICO.

CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...
11 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT AND OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE ON
WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST WHILE THE CENTER
REMAINS OVER LAND.  HOWEVER...CHANTAL MAY RE-INTENSIFY INTO A 
TROPICAL STORM OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE ON WEDNESDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
SHOULD DECREASE TONIGHT.  STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS
POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE GULF COAST OF YUCATAN TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE PATH OF CHANTAL.  
LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR COASTAL AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED
TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...18.7 N... 89.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM 
CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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