April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

...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.