[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM CHRIS LOCAL STATEMENT...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1130 AM AST WED AUG 2 2006

...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS IS PASSING NORTH OF SOMBRERO ISLAND...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND PUERTO RICO...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY
   FOR THE NORTHERN COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
   ISLANDS EXCEPT VIEQUES...


...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION.
INLAND FLOODING.
WINDS.

...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 NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11:00 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 70 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST  OF ANEGADA ISLAND...OR ABOUT 140 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ST CROIX OR ABOUT 121 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ST THOMAS...OR ABOUT
190 MILES EAST NORTHEAST 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 REMAIN NORTH OF THE NORTHERNMOST LEEWARD ISLANDS THIS
MORNING...AND PASS NORTH OF SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT JOHN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 36 HOURS...AND CHRIS IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON
THURSDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND 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 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 75 MILES FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME GUSTY IN THE NORTHERN
VIRGIN ISLANDS IN PASSING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE RAIN BANDS. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REACH 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL STORM CHRIS COMES
CLOSER TO 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 TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE 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 THIS EVENING 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...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT WIND IMPACTS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN BANDS WITH HEAVY RAINS ARE ENTERING THE NORTHER U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THESE BANDS...AMOUNTS
WILL BE HEAVY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER
FRINGES OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND OVER THE EASTERN
SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS ARE THEN
LIKELY AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLOODING LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AND INTO
THURSDAY. THIS 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY
FOR PUERTO RICO INCLUDING CULEBRA AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. ROUGH
AND CONFUSED SURF AND VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS
THE WATERS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN COASTS OF PUERTO
RICO TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
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.

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