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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

On January 12, a line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across the area during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Several bowing segments within the line produced severe thunderstorm wind damage. Three quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) tornadoes were surveyed. Wind damage due to the straight-light winds alone was widespread, especially as the line intensified east of Knoxville. This was a rare event locally as only 5 January tornadoes had previously been confirmed in the modern MRX County Warning Area (CWA) since 1950. The two counties affected by the tornadoes, Meigs and Jefferson, both has less than 10 total recorded tornadoes for 1950 to the present. 

 

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