[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM CHRIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1215 AM AST WED AUG 2 2006

...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS PASSING NORTH OF BARBUDA...APPROACHING
   ST MARTIN AND ANGUILLA...

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.
WINDS.
INLAND FLOODING.
MARINE IMPACTS.

...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 11:00 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 50 MILES
NORTH OF BARBUDA...OR ABOUT 185 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ST CROIX OR
ABOUT 205 MILES EAST OF ST THOMAS...OR ABOUT 285 MILES EAST OF SAN
JUAN.  CHRIS WAS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 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 36 HOURS...AND CHRIS IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE THURSDAY MORNING.

...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 EVENING. 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. MARINERS IN
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY PREPARED THEIR VESSELS
FOR THIS STORM...AND MARINERS IN PUERTO RICO SHOULD RUSH TO READY
THEIR VESSELS.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY WEDNESDAY OVER
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FORECAST TO REACH 20
TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TROPICAL
STORM CHRIS APPROACHES THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. BASED ON THE LATEST
FORECAST TRACK THE STORM CENTER IS FORECAST TO PASS NORTH OF ST JOHN
AND ST THOMAS EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
IN GUSTS SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS THE RAIN BANDS AROUND THE SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY OF THE STORM IMPACT ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN...AND TO A
LESSER EXTENT ST CROIX. WINDS WILL CHANGE TO THE SOUTHEAST ONCE THE
STORM MOVES NORTHWEST OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS
OVER PUERTO RICO ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH STRONGER GUSTS ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE ISLAND AND IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. CURRENTLY SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE ACROSS THE ANEGADA
PASSAGE AND THE OFF SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS...BUT RESIDENTS OF THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD MONITOR THIS CLOSELY AS
ANY INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY TONIGHT OR A MORE WESTWARD TRACK COULD
BRING THE STORM CLOSER TO THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO
RICO...AND MORE SIGNIFICANT WIND IMPACTS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER WESTERN FRINGES
OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS SHOULD BEGIN 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 THEN LIKELY AS
THE CENTER OF THE STORM PASSES TO THE NORTH THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND PUERTO RICO. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
AND FLOODING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND COULD
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEHIND THE EXITING STORM AS LOW LEVEL WINDS
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST. RAINFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 THROUGH THURSDAY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD PLAN TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. SEAS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS
AND THROUGH THE ANEGADA PASSAGE OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
AND WILL LIKELY REACH 10 TO 15 FEET WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE CENTER OF
CHRIS. HIGH SURF ADVISORIES AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES ARE LIKELY TO
BE ISSUED LATER OVERNIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
ROUGH AND CONFUSED SURF AND VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE SEEN
ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3:30 AM AST
BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.

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