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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 >

Overview

During the evening hours of March 28, 2020, an EF-1 tornado touched down in rural Ogle County near the town of Oregon and lifted near Stillman Valley. The tornado was on the ground for roughly 7 miles with a maximum width of ~1/4 of a mile, damaging mainly trees, power lines, outbuildings, and barns. A tornado warning was issued ~20 minutes before the tornado touched down. 

The storm system that produced the tornado in Ogle County also produced tornadoes across Iowa and west-central Illinois.  Check out the following pages from neighboring NWS offices:

NWS Lincoln

NWS Davenport

NWS Des Moines

 

 

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Apparent picture of the tornado seen from the Byron area

(taken by Jennifer Rocen Beltran, shared by Candice King (WTVO) on Twitter)

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