[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...
...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM LOCATION.
UPDATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND PUERTO RICO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 36 HOURS OR LESS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 PM AST...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 17.6
NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.9 WEST...OR ABOUT...65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
ANTIGUA...OR ABOUT 240 MILES EAST OF ST CROIX OR ABOUT 275 MILES
EAST OF ST THOMAS OR ABOUT 355 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 APPROACHING THE STORM AND WILL
WILL YIELD A MORE ACCURATE BASIS FOR ISSUING...WARNINGS IF
NECESSARY...FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND OR 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. THE MAIN IMPACT
FROM CHRIS AT THIS TIME IS HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF
TROPICAL STORM FORCE.

...WINDS...
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 OR A MORE WESTWARD TRACK COULD BRING THE
STORM CLOSER TO THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO...AND MORE
SIGNIFICANT STORM EFFECTS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
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...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND OVER THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINS
ARE LIKELY AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM CROSSES NORTHEAST OF THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO ON ITS FORECAST TRACK WITH A RISK OF
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND FLOODING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS THE SURFACE WINDS CHANGE TO THE SOUTHEAST BEHIND THE CENTER
OF THE STORM. 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.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD PLAN TO RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
PLAN TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THROUGH THE ANEGADA
PASSAGE AND THE ATLANTIC THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY
REACH 10 TO 13 FEET AS TROPICAL STORM CHRIS PASSES. HIGH SURF
ADVISORIES AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE ISSUED LATER
TODAY OR THIS EVENING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 530 PM AST BY
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.


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