Tornado Confirmed in Harford county, MD on July 23, 2013

Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 804 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013 ...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND EARLY ON JULY 23RD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA HAS CONFIRMED A EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR DARLINGTON MARYLAND...IN HARFORD COUNTY... SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JULY 23 2013. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION TO THOSE WHO ASSISTED IN CONDUCTING SURVEYS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION USED DURING THE SURVEYS...INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE HARFORD COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND... LOCATION...HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND DATE...JULY 23 2013 ESTIMATED TIME...12:12 AM TO 12:13 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...0.8 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.628N / 76.182W ENDING LAT/LON...39.632N / 76.169W * 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... AFTER REVIEW OF RADAR OBSERVATIONS AND A GROUND SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED A EF0 TORNADO IN HARFORD COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF DARLINGTON EARLY IN THE MORNING ON TUESDAY JULY 23 2013. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF STAFFORD ROAD...WHERE A POLE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND A NEARBY HOUSE HAD EXTERIOR DAMAGE INCLUDING REMOVAL OF A WINDOW...SIDING AND INSULATION. THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED ON AN EAST-NORTHEAST PATH ALONG STAFFORD ROAD...WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE TOPPPED AND SNAPPED AND NUMEROUS CROPS WERE DAMAGED ALONG A CONVERGENT PATH IN A CORNFIELD. THE TORNADO LIFTED IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF STAFFORD ROAD. BASED ON THE DAMAGE, THIS TORNADO IS RATED EF0, WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.8 MILES...WITH AN ESTIMATED WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. TIME ON THE GROUND WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. THE START TIME WAS 12:12 AM ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON. 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. $$