June 12, 2011 Severe Weather

Severe Thunderstorm and Heavy Rainfall Potential Continues

A low pressure center tracking across the Great Lakes and its associated cold front extending across the Southern Plains will focus occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight. A few of these thunderstorms may become severe alongside heavy rainfall that may cause flash flooding; Portions of the Southern Plains would be the greatest threat for these hazards through tonight. 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.