April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HAMPSTEAD MARYLAND...

LOCATION...WESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...2 MILES EAST OF HAMPSTEAD
DATE...APRIL 28 2011 
ESTIMATED TIME...8:09 AM TO 8:11 AM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS 
LENGTH...1.1 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.609N / 76.830W 
ENDING LAT/LON...39.614N / 76.810W
* 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 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER 
WITH RADAR AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO 
TRACKED FROM NEAR THE CARROLL COUNTY LINE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY ALONG 
MT CARMEL ROAD FOR 1.1 MILES. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED 
SEVERAL TREES AND DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES. THE STORM TRACKED ACROSS 
MARSHALL MILL ROAD.