April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Snow in the Great Lakes; Critical Fire Weather in the Southwest and Southern Plains

Lake effect snow will continue downwind of the Lower Great Lakes through Wednesday, with accumulations of 4 to 8 inches possible for portions of Upstate New York and the Adirondacks. Gusty winds and dry conditions will result in critical fire weather conditions in the Southwest and Southern Plains Wednesday through Friday. Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR POOLESVILLE MARYLAND... LOCATION...NORTH OF POOLESVILLE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY MD DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...6:45 AM TO 6:47 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...0.8 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.152N / 77.420W ENDING LAT/LON...39.158N / 77.408W * 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 SHORT DAMAGE PATH NORTH OF POOLESVILLE MARYLAND WAS DETERMINED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GROUND SURVEY. SPOTTY TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE TRACK ON BEALLSVILLE ROAD...ELGIN ROAD AND JERUSALEM ROAD. A TRAMPOLINE WAS LOFTED AND DEPOSITED ATOP A POWER POLE...WITH ADJACENT DAMAGE TO A FENCE AND SMALL TREE.