[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS NORTHEAST OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ISLANDS...
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO...

...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.0 WEST...OR ABOUT 100 MILES
NORTHEAST  OF ST THOMAS...OR ABOUT 130 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST CROIX
OR ABOUT 160 MILES 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 VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO DURING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CHRIS COULD BECOME A HURRICANE DURING THE
NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MAIN IMPACT OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF
HEAVY RAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STRONG BANDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE STORM WHICH COULD AFFECT THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO
LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  ADDITIONALLY...STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONALLY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE MAY ACCOMPANY
SOME OF THE  RAINBANDS.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 75 MILES FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS BUT MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME GUSTY IN THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS IN PASSING SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAIN BANDS. SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO REACH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY THIS
EVENING AS TROPICAL STORM CHRIS CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST
ALONG ITS FORECAST TRACK. 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 COULD BE EXPERIENCED WITH
THE RAIN BANDS JUST NORTHEAST OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS THAT ARE
TRAVELING SOUTHWEST TOWARDS ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN. WINDS WILL CHANGE
TO THE SOUTH 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 20 MPH LATER THIS EVENING WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
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 EVENING OR A MORE WESTWARD TRACK MEANS A GRATER
POSSIBILITY FOR TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS AND MORE RAINBANDS
TRAVELING SOUTH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN BANDS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES
OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL INCREASE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND OVER THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE
THEN LIKELY AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS
COULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY BEHIND THE EXITING STORM AS LOW LEVEL
WINDS SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST. RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTION OF
PUERTO RICO. SOME RIVERS ACROSS PUERTO RICO COULD EXPERIENCE  RISES
WITH SOME RIVERS EXCEEDING BANKFULL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND AND EASTERN
PUERTO RICO WATERS WITH PASSING RAINBAND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. THE SMALL CRAFT SHOULD PLAN TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH
THURSDAY. SEAS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS AND THROUGH THE ANEGADA PASSAGE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...AND WILL LIKELY REACH 10 TO 15 FEET
WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE CENTER OF CHRIS. ROUGH AND CONFUSED SURF AND
STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN COASTS OF PUERTO RICO TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 PM AST BY
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.

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