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-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CAMP SPRINGS MD... LOCATION...ANDREWS AFB AND CAMP SPRINGS IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY MD DATE...APRIL 27 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...7:16 PM TO 7:17 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS LENGTH...0.8 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.810N / 76.902W ENDING LAT/LON...38.813N / 76.889W * 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 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER WITH RADAR AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO TRACKED BRIEFLY FROM A WOODED AREA JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AUTH ROAD AND ALLENTOWN ROAD ONTO ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. THE TORNADO ALSO PRODUCED SOME ROOFING AND SIDING DAMAGE.