April 16, 2011 Severe Weather

April 16, 2011 Severe Weather
EF-0 TORNADO IN NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY MARYLAND

LOCATION...1 MI NE UNION MILLS TO 4 MI NE UNION MILLS MD
DATE...APRIL 16 2011
ESTIMATED START TIME...756 PM
ESTIMATED END TIME...759 PM EST
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH
PATH WIDTH...50 TO 250 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...3.1 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.6783N / 77.0002W
ENDING LAT/LON...39.7090N / 76.9558W
* 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...

AFTER A REVIEW OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION WEATHER RADARS...GROUND OBSERVATIONS AND EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNTS...THE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO RATED EF-0
ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE STRUCK NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...WITH
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 80 MPH.

THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ALONG DEEP RUN ROAD DOWNING AND
SNAPPING DOZENS OF TREES ALONG THE ROAD AND IN THE RIVER VALLEY
BELOW. MANY WIRES WERE DOWNED FROM FALLING TREES. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST ALONG GEETING ROAD...DOWNING NUMEROUS TREES...
PARTIALLY UNROOFING A BARN AND FLATTENING A SMALL FARM SHED.
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE DEEP RUN RIVER VALLEY...THE TORNADO THEN
HIT THE GRAND VALLEY FARMS SUBDIVISION...DOWNING SEVERAL TREES AND
LARGE BRANCHES. A LARGE TREE FELL ON ONE HOME...RENDERING THE HOME
UNINHABITABLE. ANOTHER HOME HAD ITS DECK AND OUTDOOR SHED DAMAGED
BY LARGE FALLING BRANCHES. THE TORNADO FINALLY LIFTED AFTER
SNAPPING SOME TREES AND PARTIALLY UNROOFING ANOTHER BARN ALONG
BAND HALL HILL ROAD.

THANKS TO CARROLL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE 
WITH THE GROUND SURVEY.