April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Hurricane Isaias Approaching the Gulf Coast; Remnants of Rachel to Impact the Southwest U.S.

Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday. A life-threatening storm surge is expected along the coast with damaging wind gusts extending well inland. Areas of heavy rainfall are forecast throughout much of the Southeast U.S. The remnants of Rachel will bring gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the Southwest U.S. this weekend. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR MIDDLETOWN VIRGINIA... LOCATION...JUST NORTHEAST OF STRASBURG VA IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY TO JUST NORTH OF MIDDLETOWN VA IN FREDERICK COUNTY DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...3:45 AM TO 3:49 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...175 YARDS LENGTH...4.3 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.001N / 78.336W ENDING LAT/LON...39.046N / 78.281W * 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 FROM NORTHEAST OF STRASBURG TO THE WEST SIDE OF MIDDLETOWN. THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES..UNROOFED A POLE BARN...AND REMOVED SEVERAL SHINGLES FROM A HOUSE. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 81 AND ROUTE 11.