June 12, 2011 Severe Weather

Extreme Fire Weather Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms from the Plains to Mississippi Valley

Extremely critical fire weather concerns for portions of the southern High Plans as strong wind and very dry conditions could result in rapid spread of any fires. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms are expected once again across areas of the Central and Southern Plains, then spreading in the Mississippi Valley regions on Monday. Damaging winds, very large hail and strong tornadoes are possible. 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.