April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

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 >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WESTMINSTER MARYLAND... LOCATION...WESTMINSTER IN CARROLL COUNTY MD DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...7:37 AM TO 7:38 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...0.6 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.568N / 76.988W ENDING LAT/LON...39.577N / 76.984W * 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 ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF WESTMINSTER. THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES AND DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES. THE STORM TRACKED FROM NEAR OLD WESTMINSTER PIKE ACROSS RALPH AND CENTER STREETS BEFORE LIFTING AS IT CROSSED ROUTE 97.