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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 >

 

Middletown EF-0

 

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR MIDDLETOWN VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...JUST NORTHEAST OF STRASBURG VA IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY TO
JUST NORTH OF MIDDLETOWN VA IN FREDERICK COUNTY
DATE...APRIL 28 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...3:45 AM TO 3:49 AM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...175 YARDS 
LENGTH...4.3 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.001N / 78.336W 
ENDING LAT/LON...39.046N / 78.281W
* 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 NORTHEAST OF STRASBURG TO THE WEST SIDE OF MIDDLETOWN. 
THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES..UNROOFED A POLE 
BARN...AND REMOVED SEVERAL SHINGLES FROM A HOUSE. THE TORNADO 
CROSSED INTERSTATE 81 AND ROUTE 11.