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TROPICAL DEPRESSION INTERMEDIATE CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  26A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2001

...CHANTAL NEARING THE WESTERN YUCATAN COAST...
 
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 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION CHANTAL WAS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE WESTERN YUCATAN 
COAST NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 90.7 WEST OR ABOUT 
75 MILES...120 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 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 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 LATER TODAY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
NEAR THE PATH OF CHANTAL.  SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED.
 
REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...18.9 N...  90.7 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 4 AM CDT. 

FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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