April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Heavy Rainfall for Portions of the West and Southern Plains; Dangerous Heat for the Northwest

Monsoonal flow coinciding with a frontal boundary will focus more showers and thunderstorms across the central Great Basin, central Rockies, Southwest into the Southern Plains. Heavy rainfall may bring about instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile, record setting heat continues for the Pacific Northwest through Monday. Heat combining with dry conditions could allow for any fires to quickly spread. Read More >

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BRETON BAY MARYLAND... LOCATION...BRETON BAY IN SAINT MARYS COUNTY MD DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...11:25 AM TO 11:29 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...3.3 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.263N / 76.666W ENDING LAT/LON...38.294N / 76.618W * 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... A GROUND SURVEY CONDUCTED BY SAINT MARYS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER WITH RADAR AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS BRETON BAY IN SAINT MARYS COUNTY MARYLAND. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND CAUSED SOME HOME ROOFING AND SIDING DAMAGE. IT ALSO BLEW A CINDER BLOCK WALL OUT FROM A STORAGE SHED AND DAMAGED ITS ROOF. THE TORNADO PASSED OVER CAMP CALVERT.