June 12, 2011 Severe Weather

Heavy Rainfall and Flooding Concerns in the Southwest; Coastal Low to Impact the East Coast

Deep tropical moisture will lead to widespread showers and thunderstorms capable of producing flash flooding through early next week over the Southwest and Four Corners. A coastal storm is expected to develop off the southeast U.S. coast tonight and is expected to strengthen and bring flooding, dangerous rip currents, gusty winds and heavy rain up much of the East Coast through early next week. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR STREET MARYLAND... LOCATION...NORTH CENTRAL HARFORD COUNTY NEAR STREET MARYLAND DATE...JUNE 12 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...4:07 PM TO 4:10 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS LENGTH...1.7 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.674N / 76.375W ENDING LAT/LON...39.649N / 76.378W * 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 AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH PRODUCED TREE DAMAGE ALONG A 1.7 MILE LONG PATH. INITIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED JUST NORTH OF STREET ALONG STREET ROAD...AND CONTINUED SOUTH PRODUCING SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE ALONG MILLERS ROAD. TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED IN SPOTS ALONG THE PATH. NO DAMAGE TO ANY STRUCTURES WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING MILLERS ROAD JUST EAST OF GRIER NURSERY ROAD AND WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE LASTED FOR ABOUT THREE MINUTES.