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Additional Heavy Rain and Flooding Concerns in Central Texas; Tropical Storm Chantal to Impact the Coastal Carolinas

Heavy rainfall and flooding concerns remain for today across Central Texas and the Hill Country, with scattered thunderstorms expected this afternoon and evening. Tropical Storm Chantal has formed and will bring heavy rainfall and flooding concerns to portions of the coastal Carolinas. Life-threatening surf and rip currents are expected from the Southeast to Mid-Atlantic. Read More >

Overview

An area of low pressure developed along the lee of the Rockies in eastern Colorado and tracked northeast across the Great Plains on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Plentiful moisture and powerful dynamics of a system more typical of a springtime storm came together to result in a swath of significant snowfall across western and north central Nebraska. When all was said and done, the single calendar day snowfall record was broken at North Platte with a total of 13.9", while two feet of snow was reported in nearby Custer County. This storm was also the third major snow storm to impact the forecast area in the course of a month. With January not yet complete, portions of the northern Sandhills have nearly doubled the normal winter season's worth of snow. 

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Final snowfall at NWS North Platte: 13.9" 

(new single day snowfall record)

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