Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to flooding today over southwest Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening in the Mid-South and across Eastern North Carolina. An extended period of hot weather is forecast for parts of coastal southern California including Los Angeles from today through Thursday. Read More >
...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR STAUNTON VIRGINIA... LOCATION...CHURCHVILLE IN AUGUSTA COUNTY VA DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...2:17 AM TO 2:23 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS LENGTH...4.0 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.179N / 79.215W ENDING LAT/LON...38.225N / 79.170W * 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 AUGUSTA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER WITH RADAR AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED FROM CHRISTIAN TO CHURCHVILLE VIRGINIA...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAUNTON. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES...DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES... REMOVED ROOFING ON MULTIPLE RESIDENCES AND DESTROYED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS.