April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Air Quality Concerns; Fire Weather; Extreme Heat; Flash Flooding

Wildfire smoke continues to result in poor air quality from the Upper Midwest into the Northeast. Dangerous heat and fire weather concerns for portions of the Four Corners region into the central Great Basin. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding possible for the Southeast through Monday. For Hawaii, gusty trade winds a drier weather could result in any fires that start to spread rapidly. 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.