Extreme Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.; Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.

Extremely critical fire weather conditions are expected to develop across the Great Basin and Southwest today, and exceptionally dry and windy conditions will promote rapid wildfire spread through the weekend. Scattered severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible across parts of the Ozark Plateau into lower Ohio Valley and parts of the northern Rockies into adjacent Great Plains. 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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