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 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.