[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
245 AM AST THU AUG 3 2006

...TROPICAL STORM CHRIS LOCATED NORTH OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
PUERTO RICO AND BECOMING DISORGANIZED...
...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 200 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS ESTIMATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.5 WEST...ABOUT 110 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ST THOMAS OR ABOUT 115 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAN
JUAN PUERTO RICO OR ABOUT 150 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CROIX. CHRIS
APPEARS TO BE MOVING WEST NEAR 11 MPH...WITH THIS GENERAL MOTION
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SHOULD THIS TRACK
CONTINUE...THE CENTER OF CHRIS WOULD STAY NORTH OF PUERTO RICO
TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 55 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
12 HOURS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE MAIN IMPACT OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF
HEAVY RAIN FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH A FEW STRONG WIND
GUSTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO THROUGH THIS THURSDAY MORNING.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONALLY OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE RAIN BANDS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES FROM THE
CENTER OF CHRIS...BUT MAINLY TO THE EAST OF CENTER. WINDS WILL BE
GUSTY NEAR RAINBANDS DURING THE PASSING SHOWERS. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO REACH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS EARLY THIS MORNING
AS TROPICAL STORM CHRIS CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST. BASED ON THE LATEST
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF CHRIS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE PASSING
NORTH OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH THIS MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
GUSTS COULD BE EXPERIENCED WITH THE RAIN BANDS OVER ST THOMAS...ST
JOHN THROUGH THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
PUERTO RICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS TROPICAL
STORM CLOSELY.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN BANDS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF ST JOHN AND ST THOMAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WILL INCREASE THIS
MORNING ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND
OVER THE NORTH AND EAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM CONTINUES PASSING
NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH TODAY. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 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 TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO.
SOME RIVERS ACROSS PUERTO RICO COULD EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES
WITH SOME RIVERS EXCEEDING BANKFULL LATER TODAY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND EASTERN
PUERTO RICO WATERS WITH PASSING RAINBANDS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH TODAY. SEAS
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS
THIS MORNING...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 OCCUR ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND
CULEBRA THROUGH TODAY...BUT WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW 10 FEET ALONG THE LOCAL COASTLINES.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 545 AM AST THIS
MORNING BY YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN
PUERTO RICO.

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