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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.