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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 >

Here are the 3 day rainfall totals from across the region for March 8th through March 10th. The heaviest rain axis ended up over portions of western KY with 4 to 5 inches common near the Murray and Benton areas. Generally 2 to 4 inches came down along and southeast of a line from Sikeston, MO to Shawneetown, IL and Petersburg, IN. Rain totals dropped off substantially toward the far north and west counties with less than an inch from Perryville, MO to Mount Vernon, IL.