April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

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 >

...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.