April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Another Round of Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow in California; Snow in the Great Lakes and Northeast

Another round of heavy rainfall will renew concerns for additional flash flooding and landslides in southern California around burn scars and coastal mountain ranges. A low pressure system is bringing enhanced snowfall downwind from the lower Great Lakes into the Northeast mountain ranges. Above average temperatures will challenge or break daily record high temperatures across the southern Plains. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN WESTMINSTER MARYLAND... LOCATION...WESTMINSTER IN CARROLL COUNTY MD DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...7:37 AM TO 7:38 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...0.6 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.568N / 76.988W ENDING LAT/LON...39.577N / 76.984W * 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 ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF WESTMINSTER. THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES AND DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES. THE STORM TRACKED FROM NEAR OLD WESTMINSTER PIKE ACROSS RALPH AND CENTER STREETS BEFORE LIFTING AS IT CROSSED ROUTE 97.