April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Atmospheric River to Impact the Northwest; Windy Conditions in the Northeast

A strong atmospheric river moving into northern California later today will bring a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall and flooding, gusty to high winds, and mountain snows for parts of the Northwest U.S. through Wednesday. Gusty winds and isolated showers are expected today in the Northeast U.S. behind a cold front. Wind Advisories have been issued. 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.