Severe Thunderstorms, Excessive Rain and Heat Hazards

A Moderate Risk of severe thunderstorms (level 4 of 5) is in the outlook across portions of the Midwest today. Damaging winds, a few tornadoes and frequent lightning with heavy rainfall are in the forecast. Meanwhile, dangerous heat across the southern Plains into the Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic and Northeast will expand into Friday. Risk for wildfires for the central Rockies and Sacramento Valley. Read More >

April 16, 2011 Severe Weather

Storm Survey Results: - Click on the location in the table for more information!

Location	Start/ End Time	Event Type	Fatalities/ Injuries	Path Length	Path Width
Augusta County 2 SW Stuarts Draft to 2 N Stuarts Draft	2:20 pm- 2:23 pm	EF-1 Tornado 95 mph	None	4.5 mi	200 yds
Northern Carroll County 1 NE Union Mills to 4 N Union Mills	7:56 pm- 7:59 pm	EF-0 Tornado 80 mph	None	3.1 mi	50 to 200 yds
Eastern Frederick/Northern Carroll Counties 2 NNE New Market to 2 WNW Winfield	7:37 pm- 7:51 pm	EF-1 Tornado 100 mph	None	9.5 mi	50 to 75 yds
Loudoun County 1 E Hughesville to Leesburg	7:12 pm- 7:16 pm	EF-0 Tornado 70 mph	None	4.2 mi	50 yds

Other Damage:

REPORTED TREE DAMAGE IN GREENE AND ALBEMARLE COUNTIES ALSO WAS
SURVEYED. OWING TO THE SPOTTY NATURE OF THE DAMAGE IN ALBEMARLE
COUNTY AND THE UNIDIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION OF THE DAMAGE IN GREENE
COUNTY...THE DAMAGE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED CONCLUSIVELY TO HAVE
BEEN CAUSED BY A TORNADO. PENDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...THE
DAMAGE IN THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO NON-TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM WIND.

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