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Baltimore/Washington
Weather Forecast Office
...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR TOWN CREEK MARYLAND... LOCATION...2 MI NORTH OF TOWN CREEK IN ALLEGANY COUNTY MARYLAND DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...1:27 AM TO 1:28 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS LENGTH...0.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.555N / 78.540W ENDING LAT/LON...39.562N / 78.535W * 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... THE TORNADO BEGAN ON A WOODED HILLSIDE JUST SOUTH OF THE 23200 BLOCK OF PACK HORSE ROAD. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH LENGTH WAS LARGELY TO TREES. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE HILLSIDE. A LARGE TREE THREE FEET IN DIAMETER PARTIALLY FELL ON A RESIDENCE ON PACK HORSE RD...CAUSING DAMAGE TO ONE WALL AND A PORTION OF THE ROOF. THE TORNADO DAMAGE EXTENDED NORTH FROM PACK HORSE ROAD INTO A WOODED AREA EVIDENT BY MORE UPROOTED TREES. FARTHER ALONG THE PATH...DAMAGE TO TREES OCCURRED BEHIND A RESIDENCE ON MANIFORD RD SE ADJACENT TO THE BOUNDARY OF GREEN RIDGE STATE FOREST. AT THIS POINT THE DAMAGE PATH ENDED. THE DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED INTO A HEAVILY FORESTED INACCESSIBLE AREA THAT WAS NOT SURVEYED. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH.
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington
Weather Forecast Office Baltimore/Washington
43858 Weather Service Rd.
Sterling, VA 20166
(571) 888-3500
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