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Continued Flood and Rip Current Risk from Chantal; Lingering Flood Watches in Central Texas

Chantal 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

A strong cold front moved rapidly east. A broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms formed along the front during the warmth of the afternoon hours over southeast Missouri. This line of storms progressed rapidly east across the lower Ohio Valley, accompanied by scattered reports of large hail and wind damage. National Weather Service storm damage surveys revealed 11 tornadoes occurred in our forecast area across portions of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky. The two strongest tornadoes were rated EF-2's. These occurred from far eastern Williamson County into Saline County Illinois and in Livingston County Kentucky.
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