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Chantal degenerates into a tropical wave

Chantal has degenerated into a tropical wave with no center of circulation, but it still has the potential to produce heavy rain and gusty winds in the Caribbean and Florida. The National Hurricane Center has ceased issuing advisories on the storm.

The ragged looking remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal
BULLETIN
REMNANTS OF CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL032013
500 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...CHANTAL DEGENERATED INTO A WAVE...
...COULD STILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS...

SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.5N 73.7W
ABOUT 230 MI...370 KM ESE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 260 MI...415 KM S OF THE EASTERN TIP OF CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB...29.88 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAVE
DISCONTINUED ALL THE REMAINING TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

THERE ARE NO COASTAL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS OR WATCHES IN EFFECT.

INTERESTS IN EASTERN CUBA...JAMIACA AND THE BAHAMAS SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE REMNANTS OF CHANTAL.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE
UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT CHANTAL HAS
DEGENERATED INTO A TROPICAL WAVE. AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE
REMNANTS OF CHANTAL WERE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 73.7 WEST. THE REMNANTS OF CHANTAL ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
OVER JAMAICA AND EASTERN CUBA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...INTO THE
NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS AND OVER OR NEAR THE FLORIDA PENINSULA BY
FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE ARE NEAR 45
MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COVER A LARGE AREA OVER THE WATERS MAINLY
SOUTH OF HISPANIOLA. 

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB...29.88 INCHES.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD STILL AFFECT HAITI AND
EASTERN CUBA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 

STORM SURGE...LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF
ONSHORE FLOW ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH COAST OF HISPANIOLA.

RAINFALL...THE REMNANTS OF CHANTAL ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL
RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER HISPANIOLA...JAMAICA...
CENTRAL AND EASTERN CUBA...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.  ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF HISPANIOLA.

NEXT ADVISORY
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THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE REMNANTS OF
CHANTAL WILL BE CONTAINED IN THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TROPICAL
WEATHER OUTLOOKS...AND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO
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