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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. 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.