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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

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted the Quad-state region on May 8, 2024. The first round actually started during the late evening of May 7th and continued into the overnight and morning of the 8th. The most widespread and significant storms occurred during the afternoon and evening of the 8th. Storm mode was largely supercells or bowing segments. Damaging winds in excess of 70 mph and golf ball sized hail occurred with some of the stronger storms. At least 9 tornadoes have been confirmed so far. Multiple storms training over the same location resulted in flash flooding with rainfall amounts exceeding 2 to 4 inches in some communities, and locally 5 to 6 inches.
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