Chris prompted yellow alerts for northern and central Veracruz, later bringing heavy rainfall to parts of Mexico that had already been saturated by Tropical Storm Alberto earlier in June.

Flooding occurred in parts of Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, and the State of Mexico, forcing the evacuation of dozens of households.

In addition, four police officers drowned in Tepetlán, Veracruz, during damage surveys after their vehicle was swept away by a river, and an elderly woman was fatally electrocuted in Tampico, Tamaulipas.

Pumping equipment was also used to clear standing water from highways without drainage and victims of storm damage in Chiapas were provided with food and supplies.

Although it produced convective activity, it was rather disorganized due to the storm's quick forward motion and the effects of strong deep-layer westerly wind shear.

The wave moved westward across the Caribbean Sea, struggling to develop any signs of organization, before it crossed the Yucatán Peninsula and entered the Bay of Campeche during the early hours of June 30.

[6] After a Hurricane Hunters reconnaissance flight found sufficient organization at 18:00 UTC on June 30, the low pressure area was declared Tropical Depression Three, while located roughly 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Veracruz, Mexico.

[6][8] Around this time, curved bands began to form and a large burst of convection developed close to the circulation center.

The storm was steered westward as it moved along the southern periphery of a mid-tropospheric ridge over the north-central Gulf Coast of the United States.

[8] Around six hours later, at 00:00 UTC on July 1, another Hurricane Hunters reconnaissance flight found sustained tropical-storm force winds in the cyclone, allowing the NHC to upgrade the system to Tropical Storm Chris.

[9][6] With an increase in convection on the eastern quadrant of the storm, Chris attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 1005 mbar (29.68 inHg), as it moved ashore on the Mexican coastline near Alto Lucero, Veracruz, at around 03:00 UTC that day.

[11] The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional asked residents and tourists to heed weather warnings issued by authorities and noted the threat of heavy rainfall and rough waves.

[20] A bridge was swept away by a torrent stream in Tenantitla, isolating residents of the nearby villages of Tolico and Zapata.

[21] Following the storm, four police officers conducting damage surveys in Tepetlán drowned after their vehicle was swept away by the Río Seco and destroyed.

[3] Flooding inundated homes and a hospital in Ciudad Madero and formed a sinkhole under a street in the Nuevo Progreso district.

Residents of Ciudad Madero were warned to not venture onto flooded roads due to the potential presence of crocodiles from overflowed lagoons and canals.

Contractors had failed to install enough drainage systems to prevent an overflow of Lake Texcoco into the excavated lane that led to neighborhoods nearby.

[32] The Papalotla River overflowed its banks near San Salvador Atenco, inundating 370 acres (150 ha) of cropland and flooding several homes.

[34] By July 9, the accumulation of over two weeks of rainfall, including rain from Tropical Storm Chris, flooded a highway connecting Neza and Ecatepec in the State of Mexico, which lacked any form of drainage.

[36] Food and personal hygiene supplies were distributed to 100 families affected by the storm in Huehuetán, in the coastal region of Chiapas, whom were also placed in shelters.