Tropical Storm Chris (2018)

Tropical Storm Chris was a strong tropical storm that brought heavy rainfall to the Lesser Antilles in July 2018. The third named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Chris formed from a tropical wave east of the Windward Islands on July 19. It quickly strengthened into a tropical storm nine hours later. Chris initially remained disorganized, but it gradually became better organized as it strengthened under favorable conditions. Chris reached its peak intensity on July 21 with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) as it passed through the Leeward Islands. After entering the Caribbean Sea, Chris gradually lost convection and once again became disorganized. By the afternoon of July 23, Chris had degenerated to a tropical wave while it was located south of Hispaniola