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Active Weather for the West, Warming in the East

The potential for heavy snow at higher elevations in the western U.S. will continue for many spots through the weekend. In the meantime, the eastern half of the continental U.S. will transition to above normal temperatures ahead of a pair of cold fronts next week that will bring readings back to closer to normal as we approach Thanksgiving Day. Read More >

Hereford EF-0

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

LOCATION...NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...2 MILES WEST-NW OF HEREFORD
DATE...APRIL 28 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...9:54 AM TO 9:54 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS
LENGTH...0.1 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.598N / 76.705W
ENDING LAT/LON...39.599N / 76.704W
* 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...

BASED UPON RESULTS FROM AN AERIAL SURVEY CONDUCTED BY BALTIMORE
COUNTY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED AN EF-0
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY JUST NORTH OF EVNA ROAD IN A HEAVILY
WOODED AREA. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO TREES...NO STRUCTURES WERE
IMPACTED. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ABOUT TWO DOZEN TREES
AND DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES. THE TORNADO DAMAGE HAS BEEN RATED EF-0
WITH MAX WINDS OF 75 MPH...PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS AND WAS ON THE
GROUND FOR NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE.