▁it ▁track ed ▁west ward . ▁On ▁August   1 4 , ▁the ▁de pression ▁reg ener ated ▁roughly ▁ 1 , 0 7 5   mi ▁( 1 , 7 3 5   km ) ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁Le ew ard ▁Islands . ▁Early ▁on ▁August   1 5 , ▁the ▁storm ▁re - att ained ▁tropical ▁storm ▁status , ▁at ▁which ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁named ▁Ana . ▁After ▁reaching ▁a ▁peak ▁intensity ▁with ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 4 0   m ph ▁( 6 5   km / h ) ▁and ▁a ▁bar ometric ▁pressure ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 3   m bar ▁( h Pa ; ▁ 2 9 . 6 5   in H g ), ▁the ▁storm ▁began ▁to ▁weak en ▁again ▁due ▁to ▁increasing ▁levels ▁of ▁wind ▁she ar ▁and ▁the ▁unus ually ▁fast ▁movement ▁of ▁Ana . ▁In ▁post - st orm ▁analysis , ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁Ana ▁had ▁deg ener ated ▁into ▁a ▁tropical ▁wave ▁once ▁more ▁on ▁August   1 6 , ▁before ▁reaching ▁any ▁land mass es . ▁ ▁N umer ous ▁tropical ▁storm ▁watch es ▁were ▁issued ▁for ▁the ▁L esser ▁Ant illes , ▁Puerto ▁Rico , ▁Domin ican ▁Republic ▁between ▁August   1 5 ▁and ▁ 1 7 . ▁Several ▁islands ▁took ▁minor ▁pre ca utions ▁for ▁the ▁storm , ▁including ▁St . ▁Cro ix ▁which ▁ev acu ated ▁ 4 0 ▁residents ▁from ▁flo od - pr one ▁areas ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁storm . ▁In ▁the ▁Domin ican