April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Remnants of Arthur and Heavy Rainfall Across the South; Fire Weather Threat in the West

Life-threatening, potentially catastrophic flash flooding expected along the central Gulf Coast as the remnants of Arthur track across the area. Isolated brief tornadoes and damaging gusts remain possible overnight in the Southeast. Isolated to scattered dry thunderstorms may cause lightning-ignited fires and erratic behavior due to gusty winds across parts of the West Friday. 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.