460  
WTNT33 KNHC 052033  
TCPAT3  
 
BULLETIN  
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER 5  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032025  
500 PM EDT SAT JUL 05 2025  
   
..CHANTAL MOVING CLOSER TO THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA  
 
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE WARNING AREA  
THIS EVENING...  
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION  
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LOCATION...31.9N 78.7W  
ABOUT 95 MI...150 KM SE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA  
ABOUT 165 MI...270 KM SSW OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H  
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES  
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS  
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:  
 
NONE.  
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...  
* SOUTH SANTEE RIVER, SC TO SURF CITY, NC  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...  
* EDISTO BEACH TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER, SC  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA, IN THIS CASE WITHIN  
THE NEXT 12 HOURS  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE  
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA, IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 12  
HOURS.  
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES  
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CHANTAL.  
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, INCLUDING POSSIBLE  
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR  
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.  
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK  
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AT 500 PM EDT (2100 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS  
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 78.7 WEST. CHANTAL IS  
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH (11 KM/H). A MOTION TOWARD THE  
NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING, FOLLOWED BY A  
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE  
CENTER OF CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE COAST OF SOUTH  
CAROLINA OVERNIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH (75 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST BEFORE CHANTAL REACHES THE  
COAST. RAPID WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER LANDFALL.  
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES (220 KM)  
PRIMARILY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB (29.71 INCHES).  
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND  
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KEY MESSAGES FOR TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL CAN BE FOUND IN THE  
TROPICAL CYCLONE DISCUSSION UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCDAT3 AND WMO  
HEADER WTNT43 KNHC.  
 
WIND: TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA  
BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA THIS  
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
 
RAINFALL: TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY  
RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS THROUGH MONDAY. STORM  
TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES, WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES,  
IS EXPECTED. THIS RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK FOR  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF FORECAST RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING  
ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL, PLEASE SEE THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL GRAPHIC, AVAILABLE AT  
HURRICANES.GOV/GRAPHICS_AT3.SHTML?RAINQPF  
 
STORM SURGE: THE COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND TIDE WILL CAUSE  
NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY RISING WATERS  
MOVING INLAND FROM THE SHORELINE. THE WATER COULD REACH THE  
FOLLOWING HEIGHTS ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE IN THE INDICATED AREAS IF  
THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...  
 
EDISTO BEACH, SC TO SURF CITY, NC...1-2 FT  
 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF AREAS AT RISK OF STORM SURGE  
INUNDATION, PLEASE SEE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEAK  
STORM SURGE GRAPHIC, AVAILABLE AT  
HURRICANES.GOV/GRAPHICS_AT5.SHTML?PEAKSURGE  
 
TORNADOES: ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ACROSS  
PARTS OF EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  
 
SURF: CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP  
CURRENTS TO PORTIONS OF THE COAST FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO  
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.  
 
A DEPICTION OF RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE UNITED STATES CAN BE FOUND  
AT: HURRICANES.GOV/REFRESH/GRAPHICS_AT3+SHTML/?RIPCURRENTS  
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY  
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT 800 PM EDT.  
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM EDT.  
 
 
FORECASTER BROWN  
 
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