April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Tuesday

Severe thunderstorms will be possible over parts of the northern Plains Tuesday which could bring large hail, damaging winds, and possible tornadoes. Thunderstorms with heavy to excessive rainfall may produce flooding over parts of the southern High Plains and North Dakota on Tuesday. 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.