April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Heavy Rain Continues in Florida; Cold Front Brings Thunderstorms and Showers to Central US

Scattered areas of heavy rain continue to produce isolated flash flooding across the Florida peninsula. Anomalous moisture will combine with a cold front and will bring heavy rain and scattered flash flooding across the Mid-South, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys today and Tuesday. Above average temperatures will continue to be found ahead of the cold front from the Midwest to the Northeast. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LUSBY MD... LOCATION...LUSBY IN CALVERT COUNTY MD DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...11:41 AM TO 11:43 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...1.8 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.366N / 76.465W ENDING LAT/LON...38.380N / 76.439W * 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 BRIEFLY FROM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HILLTOP ROAD AND COSTER ROAD TO THE INTERSECTION OF SOLOMONS ISLAND ROAD AND SWEETWATER ROAD. SIX INSTANCES OF DAMAGE WERE NOTED ALONG THE PATH...INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN TREES THAT WERE UPROOTED... ALONG WITH LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED.