June 12, 2011 Severe Weather

Significant Coastal Impacts to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Tropical Storm Nolo to Impact Hawaii

A strong coastal storm will bring moderate to major coastal flooding, strong winds, heavy rainfall and high surf to the Mid-Atlantic and New England. Tropical Storm Nolo is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Thursday as it moves north toward the Big Island of Hawaii. Heavy rainfall will continue through Saturday, with locally catastrophic flooding possible. Hurricane Watch in effect. 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.