June 12, 2011 Severe Weather

Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern High Plains; Snow in the Great Lakes into the Northeast

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across the central and southern High Plains today as gusty winds and dry conditions continue across the region. A clipper system will bring some lake effect snow to the Great Lakes and snow into the Northeast. Well above-average temperatures are expected to expand across much of the West, into the Plains states, and Southeast. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR BELCAMP MARYLAND... LOCATION...SOUTHEAST HARFORD COUNTY NEAR BELCAMP MARYLAND DATE...JUNE 12 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...4:50 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...0.2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.474N / 76.234W ENDING LAT/LON...39.471N / 76.234W * 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 DETERMINED A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 80 MPH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE SURROUNDING A HISTORIC PROPERTY NEAR RIVERSIDE PARKWAY AND PULASKI HIGHWAY. NEARLY THREE DOZEN TREES WERE EITHER BLOWN DOWN OR TOPPED ON THIS PROPERTY. MANY OF THE TREES WERE SNAPPED HIGHER UP...50 TO 60 FEET. A RESIDENT OF THE PROPERTY REPORTED A SWIRLING GREY CLOUD OVER THE PROPERTY THAT FELLED TREES AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE PROPERTY. NO DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND SHED ON THE PROPERTY WAS OBSERVED. TREE DEBRIS CARRIED FROM THE PROPERTY LITTERED THE ADJOINING RAILROAD TRACKS THAT PARALLEL PULASKI HIGHWAY. AN EYEWITNESS OBSERVED LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWING HORIZONTALLY ACROSS PULASKI HIGHWAY...U.S. ROUTE 40 AS THE TORNADO CROSSED THE HIGHWAY. THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING PULASKI HIGHWAY AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR LESS THAN ONE MINUTE.