 Tropical Storm Chris was the fourth tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season . Forming on July 31 in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Leeward Islands from a tropical wave , Chris moved generally to the west @-@ northwest , skirting the northern fringes of the Caribbean islands . Chris was a relatively short @-@ lived storm , reaching a peak intensity of 65 mph (100 km/h) before dissipating on August 4 . Chris was the first tropical storm of the 2006 season to make landfall in the United States , when it struck North Carolina on August 4 .
Chris formed from a tropical wave