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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

Breton Bay EF-1

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BRETON BAY MARYLAND...

LOCATION...BRETON BAY IN SAINT MARYS COUNTY MD 
DATE...APRIL 28 2011 
ESTIMATED TIME...11:25 AM TO 11:29 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS 
LENGTH...3.3 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.263N / 76.666W 
ENDING LAT/LON...38.294N / 76.618W
* FATALITIES...NONE
* INJURIES...NONE

* 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...

A GROUND SURVEY CONDUCTED BY SAINT MARYS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER WITH RADAR AND 
EYEWITNESS REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS 
BRETON BAY IN SAINT MARYS COUNTY MARYLAND. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND 
UPROOTED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND CAUSED SOME HOME ROOFING AND 
SIDING DAMAGE. IT ALSO BLEW A CINDER BLOCK WALL OUT FROM A STORAGE 
SHED AND DAMAGED ITS ROOF. THE TORNADO PASSED OVER CAMP CALVERT.