tropical storm chris tropical storm chris caused minor flooding august seventh tropical cyclone named storm annual hurricane season chris developed tropical wave roughly midway africa august forming tropical depression remained weak days crossing lesser antilles hispaniola bahamas time offshore coast florida august depression intensified tropical storm chris system tracked rapidly north northwestward came ashore near savannah georgia later day inland chris quickly weakened early following day weakened tropical depression south_carolina hours later chris absorbed cold north_carolina remnants system tracked atlantic_canada dissipating august leeward_islands chris produced light rainfall caused damage fatalities heavy rainfall occurred puerto_rico damaged homes caused fatalities large amounts precipitation fell hispaniola damage reported united_states damage occurred tornadoes especially carolinas tornado south_carolina destroyed mobile homes caused fatality resulted brief flooding minimal rainfall totals amounted inches standing water reported interstate destructive tornado occurred virginia additional deaths reported new_york drowning tree falling car winds light people south_carolina maine left electricity dissipating storm produced light winds precipitation nova scotia overall tropical storm chris attributed fatalities million usd losses meteorological history tropical wave emerged atlantic west coast africa august days later system developed tropical depression seven centered halfway africa depression tracked west northwestward periphery subtropical surface high pressure ridge strengthening depression struck guadeloupe late august entered caribbean_sea shortly satellite intensity estimates indicated tropical storm status reconnaissance flights conducted national_hurricane_center august august indicated winds mph august depression landfall near santo domingo dominican_republic despite mountainous terrain hispaniola depression weakened emerged atlantic northern coast haiti early august depression curved northwestward strengthen august depression landfall near bahamas later day depression passed miles east florida depression curved north northwestward remained offshore florida utc august ship located miles center depression reported tropical storm force winds result depression finally upgraded tropical storm chris tracking rapidly north northeastward chris attained peak intensity hours later maximum sustained winds mph minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg storm final landfall near savannah georgia winds mph utc august moving inland chris quickly weakened downgraded tropical depression near columbia south_carolina august shortly chris merged cold north_carolina remnants chris tracked east northeastward eventually remnants briefly emerged atlantic new_england moved nova scotia dissipating near august preparations preparation tropical depression officials puerto_rico closed public schools sent federal workers home early utc august tropical storm watch issued south_carolina cape_hatteras north_carolina hours later areas savannah georgia placed tropical storm warning later discontinued unknown time residents charleston south_carolina complained little warning advance storm chris moved ashore hours tropical storm minimal time preparations impact lesser greater antilles depression dropped inch rain precipitation island puerto_rico generally inches peak total inches heavy rainfall resulting flooding damaged homes left people homeless august people evacuated homes flooding high winds cars crushed falling trees causing deaths men year old boy hispaniola received heavy rain mph winds deaths damage reported bahamas storm brought winds mph left damage united_states outer bands chris produced inches rain florida damage reported georgia tides feet normal state chris produced sustained wind speed mph savannah light elevation feet addition highest wind gust reported location reaching mph georgia winds light tropical storm force rainfall state inches peak inches southeastern georgia coast south_carolina tides feet feet normal reported charleston respectively indicates tides feet charleston foot normal tornadoes spawned state caused fatality injury destroyed mobile homes overall tornadoes state collectively resulted damage usd debris route briefly highway winds relatively light state sustained winds generally mph gusts mph reported charleston people charleston nearby communities lost electricity addition mobile home destroyed overturned rainfall south_carolina generally inches peaking inches near columbia inches rain fell hour leaving standing water roads including interstate tornado spawned threw tractor trailer building industrial park addition tornado struck building damaged nearby mobile homes result numerous residents left gas electricity houses produce stand destroyed tornado route tornado caused injury light damage collectively tornadoes state caused million usd damage charlotte wind gust mph reported downed power lines damaged facade hotel virginia tornado spawned near damaged destroyed buildings including mobile home wrapped completely tree additionally vehicles damaged injury occurred damage tornado reached usd winds reached slightly mph leaving homes electricity maryland rainfall inches locations wind gust reaching mph reported baltimore sustained winds tropical storm force similar amounts rainfall occurred nearby states delaware new_jersey pennsylvania minor creek flooding occurred states wilmington delaware wind gust mph reported power lines snapped new_jersey storm downed power lines long_island new_york leaving people power electricity restored hours woman killed oak tree fell car according new_york_city transit officials trees fell tracks slowed transportation services rush hour fatalities people highland falls reservoir high winds tipped canoe people subsequently drowned wind gusts mph rhode_island caused scattered power outages minor property damage falling tree limbs connecticut gusty winds trees struck power lines leaving people electricity high winds maine storm damaged power lines leaving people electricity storm damaged houses automobiles near united_states damaged totaled million usd canada extratropical remnants chris dropped heavy rains produced winds mph reports damage
Tropical Storm Chris (1988)