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TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2001

...CHANTAL NEAR THE WESTERN YUCATAN COAST...MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IN 
STORE FOR YUCATAN AND BELIZE...
 
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 FOR THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM WEST OF CARMEN TO VERACRUZ.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHANTAL 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE  91.2 WEST OR 
ABOUT 45 MILES...75 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF CARMEN MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND A GENERAL MOTION TO THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST 
IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...CHANTAL WOULD 
EMERGE INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE CENTER.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS 
POSSIBLE AFTER THE CENTER MOVES OBACK OVER 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 LATER TODAY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
NEAR THE PATH OF CHANTAL.  ALSO...HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES 
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BELIZE... 
AND THE QUINTANA ROO PROVINCE IN EASTERN YUCATAN.  LOCALIZED 
FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND 
PORTIONS OF BELIZE.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...19.0 N... 91.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 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 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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