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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  24A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001

...CHANTAL MOVING SLOWLY INLAND AND WEAKENING...
 
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 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 70
MILES...115 KM...WEST OF CHETUMAL MEXICO.  THIS IS ALSO 165 MILES...
265 KM...EAST OF CARMEN 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 WILL 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 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING SHOULD CONTINUE AS CHANTAL MOVES
FARTHER INLAND...AND THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION
LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM MAINLY TO EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 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.  CHETUMAL HAS 
REPORTED OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 AM MONDAY.  LOCALIZED
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR COASTAL AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...18.6 N... 89.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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