April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Fire Weather Conditions Persist in the Southern Plains; Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow in the Pacific Northwest

A Pacific system will continue to bring moderate to heavy low elevation rain from northern California to western Washington, and heavy snow to the Cascades and Intermountain West over the next several days. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across the southern Rockies and Southern Plains through Wednesday as gusty winds and dry conditions continue across the region. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HAMPSTEAD MARYLAND... LOCATION...WESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...2 MILES EAST OF HAMPSTEAD DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...8:09 AM TO 8:11 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...1.1 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.609N / 76.830W ENDING LAT/LON...39.614N / 76.810W * 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 FROM NEAR THE CARROLL COUNTY LINE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY ALONG MT CARMEL ROAD FOR 1.1 MILES. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES AND DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES. THE STORM TRACKED ACROSS MARSHALL MILL ROAD.