[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BRAODCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
510 PM AST WED AUG 2 2006

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

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

...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 500 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 81 MILES NORTH
OF ANEGADA ISLAND OR 115 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ST THOMAS...OR
ABOUT 158 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ST CROIX OR ABOUT 158 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 60 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 OR THUNDERSTORMS.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS BUT ONLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL
BE GUSTY NEAR RAINBANDS DURING THE PASSING SHOWERS. 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.
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 WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH EXCEPT IN
THE VICINITY OF THE RAINBANDS...WHERE HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED.
CURRENTLY SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE
ACROSS THE ANEGADA PASSAGE AND NORTH OF SAINT THOMAS...SAINT JOHN
AND CULEBRA...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 SUDDEN TURN TO THE WEST WOULD MEANS A GRATER
POSSIBILITY FOR TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS AND MORE RAINBANDS
TRAVELING SOUTH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN BANDS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO CROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS OF SAINT JOHN AND SAINT THOMAS AND SEVERAL RAIN BANDS HAVE
FORMED OVER EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND MOVED EAST INTO THE CARIBBEAN.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND OVER THE MOST OF PUERTO RICO.
BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY 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 FIVE 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 SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. 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 TONIGHT...AND WILL
EXCEED 12 FEET WITHIN 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHRIS AND WITHIN 90
MILES SOUTHEAST 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...BUT
WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 10 FEET ON LOCAL
COASTLINES.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 PM AST BY
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.

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SNELL

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