April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Heavy Rain and Flooding Threat in the Ohio Valley

Gulf moisture will combine with a cold front and will bring heavy rain and scattered flash flooding over parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley through the morning and the Ohio Valley and Central Appalachians on Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms, some severe, are expected over the Southern Rockies/Southern High Plains on Tuesday. Read More >

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED JUST NORTH OF HARRISONBURG VIRGINIA... LOCATION...LINVILLE IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY VA DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...3:01 AM TO 3:02 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...0.9 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.502N / 78.838W ENDING LAT/LON...38.511N / 78.827W * 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-1 TORNADO TRACKED OVER A RURAL AREA NEAR LINVILLE VIRGINIA. OVER A TRACK THAT WAS NEARLY A MILE LONG...THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES ALONG A HORSE FARM AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE TORNADO CROSSED IRISH PATH... INDIAN RIDGE LANE... AND MELROSE ROAD.