April 16, 2011 Severe Weather

Frigid Cold in the East; Snow Continues in the Great Lakes

A frigid cold airmass will continue to bring colder weather across the eastern two thirds of the country early this week. Record low temperatures are expected to be tied or broken across the Southeast and Florida. Periods snow will continue downwind of the Great Lakes and in portions of interior New England through Tuesday afternoon, with several inches of snowfall accumulation expected. Read More >

LOCATION...1 MI E HUGHESVILLE VA TO LEESBURG VA DATE...APRIL 16 2011 ESTIMATED START TIME...712 PM EDT ESTIMATED END TIME...716 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...4.2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.0979N / 77.6376W ENDING LAT/LON...39.1008N / 79.5616W * 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... RESULTS OF A DAMAGE SURVEY ALONG ROUTE 7...ROUTE 15 AND ADJACENT ROADWAYS SOUTH OF LEESBURG CONFIRMED A TRACK OF AN EF-0 TORNADO. DAMAGE CONSISTED MAINLY OF SPORADIC SNAPPED TREE LIMBS AND A FEW UPROOTED TREES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING WESTPARK GOLF COURSE. A ROAD SIGN POST WAS PULLED FROM THE GROUND AND SNAPPED ALONG CLUBHOUSE DRIVE. TOWARD THE START OF THE TRACK ALONG CANBY ROAD...SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED AND LIMBS WERE SNAPPED. SHINGLES ALSO WERE REMOVED FROM A HOME IN THIS VICINITY. A NOAA EMPLOYEE PROVIDED AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE FUNNEL CLOUD FORMING JUST WEST OF CANBY ROAD. A PROPERLY-SITED HOME WEATHER STATION IN THIS LOCATION MEASURED AN UNOFFICIAL WIND GUST OF 65 MPH NEAR THE PATH OF THE DAMAGE. TREE DAMAGE AT SECOND AVENUE AND SOUTH KING STREET LIKELY WAS THE RESULT OF STRAIGHT-LINE THUNDERSTORM WIND. THE TORNADO MOVED EASTWARD AND CROSSED ROUTE 7 AT THE DULLES GREENWAY INTERCHANGE BEFORE DISSIPATING.