530  
WTNT33 KNHC 051503 CCA  
TCPAT3  
 
BULLETIN  
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER 4...CORRECTED  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032025  
1100 AM EDT SAT JUL 05 2025  
 
CORRECTED STORM POSITION IN DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK SECTION  
 
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN PORTIONS OF THE  
COASTAL CAROLINAS LATER TODAY...   
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING EXTENDED NORTHWARD IN NORTH CAROLINA
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION  
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LOCATION...31.1N 78.7W  
ABOUT 135 MI...220 KM SSE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA  
ABOUT 220 MI...355 KM SSW OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H  
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 10 DEGREES AT 1 MPH...2 KM/H  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES  
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS  
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:  
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO SURF  
CITY, NC.  
 
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 TO 24 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  
----------------------  
AT 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS  
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH, LONGITUDE 78.7 WEST. CHANTAL IS  
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 1 MPH (2 KM/H). A SLOW MOTION TOWARD  
THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY, 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 SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH (65 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED BEFORE CHANTAL REACHES THE COAST.  
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES (150 KM)  
PRIMARILY EAST OF THE CENTER.  
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON DROPSONDE DATA IS  
1007 MB (29.74 INCHES).  
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND  
----------------------  
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 BEGINNING  
LATER TODAY.  
 
RAINFALL: TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY  
RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF THE CAROLINAS  
THROUGH MONDAY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES, WITH LOCAL  
AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES, IS EXPECTED AND THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE  
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...  
 
SOUTH SANTEE RIVER, SC TO SURF CITY, NC...1-3 FT  
EDISTO BEACH, SC TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER, SC...1-2 FT  
 
TORNADOES: ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY  
ALONG THE COAST OF EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF NORTH  
CAROLINA.  
 
SURF: THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING  
SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO  
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
 
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 200 PM EDT.  
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 PM EDT.  
 

 
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