April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Showers and Storms in the East; Dangerously Hot and Dry in the West

Scattered showers and storms are expected across portions of the Central and Eastern U.S. through the end of the week. Meanwhile, dangerous heat will intensify across the Desert Southwest and Intermountain West. Hot, dry weather and increasing winds will allow elevated wildfire conditions to return to the northern Intermountain West, where air quality issues persist from ongoing fires. 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.