April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Excessive Rainfall Areas Today; Tropical Storm Jerry Forms

Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible today and tonight ahead of and along a cold front crossing portions of Kentucky, middle Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and New Mexico. Tropical Storm Jerry, the tenth named storm of the 2025 season, has formed over the central tropical Atlantic. Jerry is expected to be near or north of the northern Leeward Islands on Thursday and Friday. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HEREFORD MARYLAND... LOCATION...NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...2 MILES WEST-NW OF HEREFORD DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...9:54 AM TO 9:54 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS LENGTH...0.1 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.598N / 76.705W ENDING LAT/LON...39.599N / 76.704W * 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... BASED UPON RESULTS FROM AN AERIAL SURVEY CONDUCTED BY BALTIMORE COUNTY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY JUST NORTH OF EVNA ROAD IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO TREES...NO STRUCTURES WERE IMPACTED. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ABOUT TWO DOZEN TREES AND DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES. THE TORNADO DAMAGE HAS BEEN RATED EF-0 WITH MAX WINDS OF 75 MPH...PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE.