[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS NEARING THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
   AND PUERTO RICO...

...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION.

...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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND PUERTO RICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8:00 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF BARBUDA...OR ABOUT 210 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ST CROIX
OR ABOUT 215 MILES EAST OF ST THOMAS...OR ABOUT 305 MILES EAST OF
SAN JUAN.  CHRIS WAS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...WITH THIS
GENERAL MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS PUERTO RICO SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ON
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM CHRIS IS
EXPECTED TO BE TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM THE HEAVY RAIN BANDS AND
SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE
STORM. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE
AND GREATER MAY ACCOMPANY THESE SQUALLS AND RAINBANDS.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT OVER
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FORECAST TO REACH
FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TROPICAL
STORM CHRIS APPROACHES THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. BASED ON THE LATEST
TRACK THE STORM CENTER IS FORECAST TO PASS NORTH OF ST JOHN AND ST
THOMAS AROUND EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
GUSTS SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS THE RAIN BANDS AROUND THE SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY OF THE STORM IMPACT ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN. WINDS WILL
CHANGE TO THE SOUTHEAST ONCE THE STORM MOVES WEST NORTHWEST OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS. WINDS OVER PUERTO RICO ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO
NEAR 20 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 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 RESIDENTS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD MONITOR THIS CLOSELY AS ANY INCREASE
IN THE INTENSITY TONIGHT OR A CHANGE TO 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 OUTER 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 PASSES TO THE NORTH
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 ON 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 AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD PLAN TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SEAS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
THROUGH THE ANEGADA PASSAGE MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
WILL LIKELY REACH 10 TO 13 FEET AS STORM PASSES. HIGH SURF
ADVISORIES AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE ISSUED LATER
THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 11:30 PM AST
BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.

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