April 16, 2011 Severe Weather

Back-to-Back Pacific Storms to Impact the West Coast; Heavy Snow in the Central Appalachians

Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the Pacific Northwest and northern California through the end of this week with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow. A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will accompany the Pacific storms, bringing excessive rainfall and flash flooding to southwest Oregon and northwest California through the week. Read More >

REPORTED TREE DAMAGE IN GREENE AND ALBEMARLE COUNTIES ALSO WAS SURVEYED. OWING TO THE SPOTTY NATURE OF THE DAMAGE IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY AND THE UNIDIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION OF THE DAMAGE IN GREENE COUNTY...THE DAMAGE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED CONCLUSIVELY TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A TORNADO. PENDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...THE DAMAGE IN THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO NON-TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WIND.

Location	Start/ End Time	Event Type	Fatalities/ Injuries	Path Length	Path Width
Augusta County 2 SW Stuarts Draft to 2 N Stuarts Draft	2:20 pm- 2:23 pm	EF-1 Tornado 95 mph	None	4.5 mi	200 yds
Northern Carroll County 1 NE Union Mills to 4 N Union Mills	7:56 pm- 7:59 pm	EF-0 Tornado 80 mph	None	3.1 mi	50 to 200 yds
Eastern Frederick/Northern Carroll Counties 2 NNE New Market to 2 WNW Winfield	7:37 pm- 7:51 pm	EF-1 Tornado 100 mph	None	9.5 mi	50 to 75 yds
Loudoun County 1 E Hughesville to Leesburg	7:12 pm- 7:16 pm	EF-0 Tornado 70 mph	None	4.2 mi	50 yds