Flooding and Rip Current Concerns from Chantal; Lingering Flood Watches in Central Texas

Chantal is now a Tropical Depression. Flash flood concerns continue across portions of central North Carolina into Monday. Life-threatening surf and rip currents conditions are expected to continue at beaches along the U.S. East Coast from northeastern Florida to the Mid-Atlantic states during the next day or so. Flood Watches and recovery continue across central Texas. 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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Flooding and Rip Current Concerns from Chantal; Lingering Flood Watches in Central Texas

Navarro County Tornado - 10/24/2010