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

...CHANTAL MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...
 
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 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION CHANTAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE
90.0 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES...190 KM...EAST OF CARMEN MEXICO.

CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11
KM/HR...AND A WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
ON THIS TRACK...CHANTAL WOULD ENTER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO 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 ONCE IT MOVES BACK OVER WATER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 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 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
NEAR THE PATH OF CHANTAL.  LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR
COASTAL AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...18.7 N... 90.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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
10 PM CDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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