Tropical Storm Chantal
The Caribbean
OCHA Situation Report No. 3
20 August 2001


This message is not an official hurricane warning or alert for any
country.

1.  The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 1500 GMT, 20
August 2001, the center of tropical storm Chantal was estimated to be near
latitude17.7 north, longitude 86.3 west or about 140 miles (225 km)
east-southeast of Chetumal, Mexico. Maximum sustained winds were near 65
mph (100 km/h) with higher gusts.

2.  At 1500 GMT, the following warnings/watches were in effect:

Hurricane watch: from Belize City northward to Cancun
Tropical storm warning:  all of coastal Belize, and for the east coast of
  the Yucatan peninsula from the Mexico/Belize border northward to Cancun


3.  For further information, please refer to the website of the National
Hurricane Service in Miami at www.nhc.noaa.gov, and
www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/Gif/atl.latest.gif.

4.  This situation report, together with further information on ongoing
emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website at
http://www.reliefweb.int


Telephone: +41-22-91712 34
Fax: +41-22-917 00 23
E-mail: ochagva@un.org

In case of emergency only: Tel. +41-22-917 20 10

Desk Officers (OCHA Disaster Response Branch):
  Mr. E. Haegglund / Ms. M. Kondo
  Direct Tel. +41-22-917 32 99/1997

Press contact:
  (GVA)  Ms. M. Moulin-Acedo, direct Tel. +41-22-917 31 60
  (NYC)  Ms. Phyllis Lee, direct Tel. +1-212-963 48 32


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