Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. Read More >

Navarro County Tornado Near Rice, Texas October 24, 2010
INFORMATION FROM THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM THAT EVALUATED THE TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR RICE, TX IN NAVARRO COUNTY. THE TORNADO IN NORTHERN NAVARRO COUNTY THAT PASSED NEAR THE TOWN OF RICE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A STRONG EF-2 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 135 MPH. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ALONG A 6 MILE PATH AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WIDE. FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED AND ESSENTIALLY DESTROYED IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE RICE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAMPUS SOUTH OF TOWN NEAR INTERSTATE 45 ALSO RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM WILL VISIT THE LONE OAK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND UPDATES WILL BE PROVIDED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.	View RiceTor in a larger map
Reflectivity Image Loop (KFWS Radar) from 5:19pm through 617pm CDT	Tornado Roping Out Near Rice, Texas - Copyright Loree Scott Damage Just Outside of Rice

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Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Navarro County Tornado - 10/24/2010