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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 >

Lusby EF-0

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LUSBY MD...

LOCATION...LUSBY IN CALVERT COUNTY MD
DATE...APRIL 28 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...11:41 AM TO 11:43 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
LENGTH...1.8 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.366N / 76.465W
ENDING LAT/LON...38.380N / 76.439W
* 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 BRIEFLY FROM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HILLTOP ROAD AND
COSTER ROAD TO THE INTERSECTION OF SOLOMONS ISLAND ROAD AND
SWEETWATER ROAD. SIX INSTANCES OF DAMAGE WERE NOTED ALONG THE
PATH...INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN TREES THAT WERE UPROOTED...
ALONG WITH LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED.