April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

Showers and Cooler Temperatures in the East; Multi-Day Rain Event in the Southwest

A cold front in the East will bring showers and thunderstorms and much cooler temperatures from the Northeast into the Southeast. The Southwest, centered around New Mexico, will continue to see showers and thunderstorms, where there maybe isolated flash flooding. Tropical moisture will bring a multi-day period of thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall across the Southwest beginning Thursday. 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.