April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Rain Providing Some Relief to Drought-Stricken Southern U.S.

A storm tracking across the southern U.S. will continue to bring areas of heavy thunderstorms with risks for severe weather and excessive rainfall from Texas to Florida through this weekend. While much of this rainfall will be beneficial to the drought, excessive rainfall may bring areas of flash and urban flooding. Read More >

...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.