April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Air Quality Concerns; Fire Weather; Extreme Heat; Flash Flooding

Wildfire smoke continues to result in poor air quality from the Upper Midwest into the Northeast. Dangerous heat and fire weather concerns for portions of the Four Corners region into the central Great Basin. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding possible for the Southeast through Monday. For Hawaii, gusty trade winds a drier weather could result in any fires that start to spread rapidly. 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.