April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall This Week

A significant heat wave continues for the Rockies, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic, peaking in intensity through midweek and lingering across parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest until this weekend. Excessive rainfall my bring life-threatening and locally catastrophic flash and urban flooding across portions of southwestern Texas through early Friday. 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.