April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Heavy Rainfall for Portions of the West and Southern Plains; Dangerous Heat for the Northwest

Monsoonal flow coinciding with a frontal boundary will focus more showers and thunderstorms across the central Great Basin, central Rockies, Southwest into the Southern Plains. Heavy rainfall may bring about instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile, record setting heat continues for the Pacific Northwest through Monday. Heat combining with dry conditions could allow for any fires to quickly spread. 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.