Severe Weather, Tornadoes & Flooding

Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies this Weekend

A Pacific storm and atmospheric river will impact the Pacific Northwest states and northern Rockies this weekend, bringing locally heavy low elevations rain and heavy high elevation snow in the mountains. By Sunday over the Interior Northwest, rain combined with snowmelt will increase the risk of flood hazards. Flood Watches are in effect. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 600 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR DRY RIDGE IN GRANT COUNTY KENTUCKY...CROSSING INTO PENDLETON COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR AND EAST OF KNOXVILLE... LOCATION...3 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DRY RIDGE IN GRANT COUNTY KENTUCKY...CROSSING INTO PENDLETON COUNTY KENTUCKY DATE...APRIL 23, 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...3:10 PM EDT UNTIL 3:15 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...4.4 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.6985N/84.5393W ENDING LAT/LON...38.7159N/84.4631W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO EAST OF DRY RIDGE IN GRANT COUNTY KENTUCKY...CROSSING INTO PENDLETON COUNTY KENTUCKY AND ENDING EAST OF KNOXVILLE ON APRIL 23, 2011. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A WELL CONSTRUCTED BARN OCCURRED ON GREENVILLE ROAD ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADO TRACKED EASTWARD AND CONTINUED TO FELL TREES. THE NEXT NOTABLE DAMAGE OCCURRED A MILE EAST OF KNOXVILLE ON ROUTE 467 WHERE MORE TREES WERE UPROOTED. DAMAGE CONTINUED TO BE SPORADICALLY FOUND ALONG THE ROUTE UNTIL AFTER IT HAD CROSSED THE INTERSECTION OF 467 AND FOGLE ROAD. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. && KH/JF

Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies this Weekend

Severe Weather, Tornadoes & Flooding - April 23, 2011