April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Periods of Heavy Rain and Snow Continue from California through the Northern Rockies; Multiple Rounds of Ice and Snow to Impact a Large Part of the Northeastern States into Next Week

Moderate to heavy rain with a flooding risk will continue for northern and central California, with heavy mountain snow in the Sierras, southern Cascades, and northern Rockies through Friday. A series of winter storms will track from the Upper Midwest to off the Northeast U.S. coast into next week bringing rounds of moderate to locally heavy rain south of their track and ice and snow to the north. Read More >

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED JUST SOUTHEAST OF HARRISONBURG VIRGINIA... LOCATION...KEEZLETOWN IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY VA DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...3:55 AM TO 3:58 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS LENGTH...2.7 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.388N / 78.865W ENDING LAT/LON...38.416N / 78.832W * 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-1 TORNADO TRACKED JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF HARRISONBURG ALONG BOYER ROAD. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG OSCEOLA SPRINGS ROAD CAUSING TREE DAMAGE...THEN PROCEEDED NORTHEAST TO BOYER ROAD. THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES... UPROOTED MOST OF A PERSONAL APPLE ORCHARD...CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES BY LIFTING THEIR ROOFS...DAMAGED TWO BARN ROOFS...KNOCKED DOWN GRAVESTONES...DESTROYED A METAL SHED...AND MOVED A LIVESTOCK TRAILER SEVERAL FEET. THE STORM CROSSED US ROUTE 33 AND LIFTED WHEN IT REACHED THE RIDGE ADJACENT TO IT.