[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM CHRIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1130 AM AST TUE AUG 1 2006

...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS APPROACHING THE NORTHERNMOST LEEWARD
ISLANDS...AND HAS NOT STRENGTHENED...

...WATCHES...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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
CONTINUE TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

...STORM UPDATE...
AT 1100 AM AST...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 17.3
NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.3 WEST...OR ABOUT...100 MILES EAST OF
ANTIGUA...OR ABOUT 285 MILES EAST OF ST CROIX OR ABOUT 320 MILES
EAST OF ST THOMAS OR ABOUT 400 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAN
JUAN.

THE TROPICAL STORM WAS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...WITH THIS
GENERAL MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 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. THIS WILL YIELD A
MORE ACCURATE BASIS FOR ISSUING...WARNINGS IF NECESSARY...FOR THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND OR PUERTO RICO.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT OVER THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FORECAST TO REACH AROUND
35 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 30 MPH BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH STRONGER GUSTS ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
ISLAND AND IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS BASED ON THE LATEST TRACK. CURRENTLY
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
OFFSHORE...BUT INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS CLOSELY AS ANY
INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY COULD BRING THE STORM CLOSER TO THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SEAS 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 THIS
AFTERNOON 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 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 AND THE NORTHERN SLOPES
OF THE ISLAND. 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 2:30 PM AST BY
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.

SNELL/RM





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