[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS CHRIS BRUSHING THE NORTHERNMOST LEEWARD
   ISLANDS...

...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 2:00 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.2 WEST...OR ABOUT 65 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF ST. MAARTEN...OR ABOUT 180 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ST
CROIX OR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF ST THOMAS...OR ABOUT 280 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. ON
THIS TRACK... THE CENTER OF CHRIS WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE
NORTHERNMOST LEEWARD ISLANDS LATER THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY
AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 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 LATER TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS PUERTO RICO SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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 40 MILES FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING
OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FORECAST TO
REACH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER 8 AM THIS 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 TONIGHT. 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 LATE IN THE EVENING. WINDS OVER
PUERTO RICO ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATER THIS
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 THIS MORNING 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 THIS MORNING ACROSS THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS
OF PUERTO RICO BY MID 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 LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...AND COULD CONTINUE
INTO FRIDAY 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 THURSDAY MORNING 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD PLAN TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH THURSDAY.
SEAS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
THROUGH THE ANEGADA PASSAGE THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY... 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 EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO. ROUGH AND CONFUSED SURF AND VERY
STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5:30 AM AST
BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.

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