June 12, 2011 Severe Weather

Rain Providing Some Relief to Drought-Stricken Southern U.S.

A storm tracking across the southern U.S. will continue to bring areas of heavy thunderstorms with risks for severe weather and excessive rainfall from Texas to Florida through this weekend. While much of this rainfall will be beneficial to the drought, excessive rainfall may bring areas of flash and urban flooding. 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.