▁a ▁second ▁land fall ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Ver ac ru z . ▁Ch antal ▁slowly ▁weak ened ▁over ▁land ▁while ▁moving ▁slowly ▁across ▁northern ▁Bel ize . ▁Con ve ction ▁decre ased ▁marked ly ▁late ▁on ▁August   2 1 , ▁and ▁early ▁the ▁next ▁day ▁Ch antal ▁weak ened ▁to ▁tropical ▁de pression ▁status . ▁The ▁upper - ▁and ▁middle - level ▁circul ations ▁turned ▁to ▁the ▁n ortheast ▁while ▁the ▁low - level ▁circul ation ▁turned ▁to ▁the ▁west - s outh west ▁further ▁in land . ▁We ak ening ▁continued , ▁and ▁late ▁on ▁August   2 2 ▁Ch antal ▁diss ip ated ▁over ▁the ▁Mexican ▁state ▁of ▁Tab as co . ▁ ▁Pre par ations ▁ ▁The ▁National ▁H urr icane ▁Center ▁issued ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁watch ▁for ▁Barb ados , ▁St . ▁Vincent , ▁and ▁Saint ▁Lu cia ▁on ▁August   1 5 . ▁The ▁following ▁day ▁the ▁watch es ▁were ▁changed ▁to ▁warnings , ▁since ▁forec aster s ▁predicted ▁that ▁the ▁system ▁would ▁reach ▁tropical ▁storm ▁status . ▁Add itional ▁watch es ▁and ▁warnings ▁were ▁also ▁issued ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁Wind ward ▁Islands . ▁ ▁Late ▁on ▁August   1 7 , ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁J ama ica ▁issued ▁a ▁h urr icane ▁watch ▁for ▁the ▁island , ▁due ▁to ▁anticip ated ▁strength ening . ▁The ▁next ▁day , ▁it ▁was ▁upgrad ed ▁to ▁a ▁h urr icane ▁warning ▁briefly ▁before ▁being ▁am ended ▁to ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁warning , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁storm '