[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1130 PM AST WED AUG 2 2006

...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS IS NORTH OF THE U.S. 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 1100 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.9 WEST...ABOUT 95 MILES NORTH OF
ST THOMAS OR 125 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO OR ABOUT
140 MILES NORTH OF ST CROIX. CHRIS WAS MOVING WEST NEAR 8
MPH...WITH THIS GENERAL MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. SHOULD THIS TRACK CONTINUE...THE CENTER OF CHRIS WILL MOVE
CLOSER TO PUERTO RICO THAN ANTICIPATED BEFORE AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED NEXT 12
TO 24 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MAIN IMPACT OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF
HEAVY RAIN FOR A LONGER TIME ALONG WITH STRONGER WIND GUSTS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO
RICO LATER OVERNIGHT  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 OVERNIGHT AS
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST OR WEST-SOUTHWEST. BASED
ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK THE STORM CENTER IS FORECAST TO PASS
NORTH OF PUERTO RICO OVERNIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS COULD BE
EXPERIENCED WITH THE RAIN BANDS OVER ST TOMAS...ST JOHN AND
OVERNIGHT. WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE RAINBANDS WILL BE HIGHER
ESPECIALLY IF CHRIS CONTINUES APPROACHING THE LOCAL AREA. RESIDENTS
OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS TROPICAL STORM CLOSELY AS ANY INCREASE IN THE
INTENSITY OR CLOSER PROXIMITY WILL RESULT IN A GREATER POSSIBILITY
FOR TROPICAL STORM WIND GUSTS AND MORE RAINBANDS TRAVELING SOUTH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN BANDS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF SAINT JOHN AND SAINT THOMAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL INCREASE
OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND
OVER THE MOST OF PUERTO RICO. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM APPROACHES THE LOCAL AREA
OVERNIGHT 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 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 200 AM AST
THURSDAY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN
PUERTO RICO.

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