Tropical Storm Chris Forms...

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Chris, the third named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, developed early Tuesday near the Leeward Islands, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said. A tropical storm warning was posted for the islands of Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Kitts, Nevis, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Barthelemy and St. Martin. A tropical storm watch was issued for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. At 8 a.m. EDT, Chris was centered about 135 miles east of Antigua and about 1,450 miles east-southeast of Miami. It was moving west-northwest near 9 mph, forecasters said. Its maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph, just above the threshold for a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Click here to visit FOXNews.com's Natural Disaster Center. The storm was on track to pass over or near the northernmost Leeward Islands by early Wednesday, according to the hurricane center. The first named storm of the 2006 season, Tropical Storm Alberto, swept over Florida in mid-June, then plowed northward along the coast past the Outer Banks. It was blamed for one drowning. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,206522,00.html http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/TSR/200603N_AL03.htm