Heat Persists in the Southwest; Elevated to Critical Fire Weather in the Great Basin; Poor Air Quality in the West

Dangerous heat will persist across the Southwest U.S. through this week, easing by next week. The heat will focus further east in the Great Plains and Mississippi Valley beginning next week. Elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions will persist for the Great Basin today. Poor air quality lingers for the Northwest, Great Basin, Central Rockies into the Plains. Read More >

Surveys are ongoing regarding this tornado.  Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.


PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
645 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0322 PM     TORNADO          1 WSW GLENELG           39.26N  77.01W
05/30/2019                   HOWARD             MD   EMERGENCY MNGR  

            TORNADO CONFIRMED BY KLWX WSR-88D DEBRIS BALL SIGNATURE 
            COINCIDENT WITH FAA TDWR BWI BASE VELOCITY, COUPLED WITH 
            CREDIBLE VIDEO FROM THE AREA. NWS STORM SURVEY WILL BE 
            CONDUCTED FRIDAY MORNING TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF DAMAGE 
            AND EF SCALE. 


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