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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 >

 

Poolesville EF-0

 

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR POOLESVILLE MARYLAND...

LOCATION...NORTH OF POOLESVILLE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY MD
DATE...APRIL 28 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...6:45 AM TO 6:47 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
LENGTH...0.8 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.152N / 77.420W
ENDING LAT/LON...39.158N / 77.408W
* 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 SHORT DAMAGE PATH NORTH OF POOLESVILLE MARYLAND WAS DETERMINED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GROUND SURVEY. SPOTTY TREE DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED ALONG THE TRACK ON BEALLSVILLE ROAD...ELGIN ROAD AND
JERUSALEM ROAD. A TRAMPOLINE WAS LOFTED AND DEPOSITED ATOP A POWER
POLE...WITH ADJACENT DAMAGE TO A FENCE AND SMALL TREE.