[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM CHRIS LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1000 AM AST TUE AUG 1 2006

...CORRECTED TO DELETE EAS ACTIVATION REQUEST IN THE HEADER...

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM
CHRIS...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AND WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED...

...WATCHES...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS OR LESS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS PUERTO RICO SHOULD
BEGIN TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...STORM UPDATE...
AT 800 AM AST...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 16.8
NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.8 WEST...OR ABOUT...135 MILES EAST OF
ANTIGUA...OR ABOUT 331 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ST CROIX OR ABOUT 355
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ST THOMAS OR ABOUT 421 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST
OF SAN JUAN.

THE TROPICAL STORM WAS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...WITH THIS
GENERAL MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN
AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO
INVESTIGATE THE TROPICAL STORM THIS AFTERNOON.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS AT THIS TIME. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT
OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FORECAST TO
REACH AROUND 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS APPROACHES THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. BASED ON
THE LATEST TRACK THE STORM CENTER IS FORECAST TO PASS CLOSE TO ST
THOMAS AND ST JOHN WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WINDS OVER PUERTO RICO ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO NEAR 40 MPH BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH STRONGER GUSTS ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
ISLAND AND IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS BASED ON THE LATEST TRACK.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SURF WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
THROUGH THE ANEGADA PASSAGE AND THE ATLANTIC THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY REACH 8 TO 9 FEET AS TROPICAL STORM CHRIS
PASSES. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD PLAN TO RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR LATER THIS
EVENING AND PLAN TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

...RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WESTERN FRINGES OF
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS SHOULD BEGIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO
RICO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE
CENTER OF THE STORM PASSES JUST NORTHEAST OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND PUERTO RICO ON ITS FORECAST TRACK. RAINFALL TOTALS OF AT LEAST
THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. RIVERS ACROSS PUERTO
RICO COULD EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES WITH SOME RIVERS EXCEEDING
BANKFULL ON WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM CHRIS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TROPICAL CYCLONE PRODUCTS AND TROPICAL
CYCLONE MARINE ADVISORIES.

...OR VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT (ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS).

        HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU


THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM AST
BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.

SNELL/RM


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