April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Storm Impacting the Southwest U.S.

A slow moving weather disturbance will continue to bring periodic rain showers, a few isolated thunderstorms, and a localized flash flooding across the Southwest. The threat will expand into the Southern Plains Wednesday night. Moderate to heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada and southern Utah Ranges will continue into the overnight period. 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.