TROPICAL STORM CHRIS FORMS NEAR LEEWARD ISLANDS

Keeping my fingers crossed. I do NOT want to put up hurricane shutters!!

Associated Press
Posted August 1 2006, 5:18 AM EDT


MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Chris, the third named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, developed early Tuesday near the Leeward Islands, forecasters said.

Chris had sustained winds near 40 miles per hour, just above the threshold for a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A tropical storm warning was posted for the islands of Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Kitts, Nevis, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Barthelemy and St. Martin.

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