April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

...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.