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TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001

...CHANTAL WEAKENING OVER THE YUCATAN...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO
FROM CAMPECHE SOUTHWARD TO CARMEN.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT WEST OF CARMEN TO VERACRUZ.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION CHANTAL WAS LOCATED OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR
LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...150
KM...EAST OF CARMEN MEXICO.

CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH ...11 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS
TRACK...CHANTAL WOULD EMERGE INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AFTER THE CENTER MOVES OVER 
THE WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

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 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
NEAR THE PATH OF CHANTAL.  SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED 
TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...18.8 N...  90.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  30 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM
CDT...WEDNESDAY.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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