PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 514 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 ...THREE CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN MARYLAND ANOTHER STILL UNDER REVIEW... THREE TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY FROM THE JUNE 10TH THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK - BALTIMORE CITY...BALTIMORE COUNTY...AND SAINT MARYS COUNTY. A FOURTH IN HOWARD COUNTY IS STILL UNDER REVIEW AND SHOULD BE REPORTED TOMORROW. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION TO THOSE WHO ASSISTED IN CONDUCTING SURVEYS AND PROVIDED INFORMATION USED DURING THE SURVEYS...INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITIES...SKYWARN STORM SPOTTERS...AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN FORK MARYLAND... LOCATION...FORK IN BALTIMORE COUNTY MARYLAND DATE...JUNE 10 2013 ESTIMATED TIME...3:28 PM EDT TO 3:30 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...0.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.462N / 76.449W ENDING LAT/LON...39.473N / 76.447W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * 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... EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AND STORM DAMAGE SURVEY CONCLUDED A SMALL TORNADO OCCURRED IN FORK, MARYLAND, FROM APPROXIMATELY 3:28 TO 3:30 PM EDT ON JUNE 10, 2013. ABOUT SIX TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE MOUNT VISTA ESTATES SUBDIVISION OF FORK ALONG VISTA VIEW COURT. THESE TREES WERE A MIX OF HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD, SOME FALLING A ANGLES OF UP TO 120 DEGREES FROM EACH OTHER. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES SAW SWIRLING DEBRIS WITHIN THE WIND FIELD AS THE DAMAGE WAS OCCURRING. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO A WOOD FENCE WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM FORK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON FORK ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES NORTH OF THE DAMAGE IN MOUNT VISTA ESTATES. THE SURVEY TEAM CROSSED THE PATH BETWEEN THESE TWO POINTS, AS WELL AS UP TO TWO MILES ON EITHER END OF THE DAMAGE, BUT NO FURTHER DAMAGE COULD BE FOUND. BASED ON THE TREE DAMAGE, THIS TORNADO IS RATED EF-0, WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 70-80 MPH. THE 0.5 MILE DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS DISCONTINUOUS, WITH AN ESTIMATED WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. TIME ON THE GROUND WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. START TIME 3:28 PM. ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND... LOCATION...LOCUST POINT IN BALTIMORE CITY MARYLAND DATE...JUNE 10 2013 ESTIMATED TIME...3:44 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS PATH LENGTH...0.2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.262N / 76.593W ENDING LAT/LON...39.265N / 76.593W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * 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 METAL BUILDING STRUCTURE IN THE SOUTH LOCUST POINT MARINE TERMINAL WAS DAMAGED WHEN A WATERSPOUT OVER THE PATAPSCO RIVER CAME ONSHORE, TRANSFORMING TO A SMALL TORNADO FROM APPROXIMATELY 3:44 TO 3:45 PM EDT ON JUNE 10, 2013. THE METAL BUILDING STRUCTURE HAD A PORTION OF ITS NORTHEAST ROOF PEELED UP, WRAPPING IT BACK AND FOLDING IT OVER THE EAST-FACING SIDE OF THE BUILDING. ADDITIONALLY, A SMALL TRAILER ON WHEELS WAS DEMOLISHED AS IT WAS PROPELLED TO THE NORTHWEST ABOUT 60 FEET FROM ITS POSITION ON CINDER BLOCKS. AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WHICH WAS PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN THE WALL OF AN OFFICE ON THE NORTH FACING SIDE OF THE BUILDING IN PROXIMITY TO WHERE THE ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED WAS BLOWN-IN. A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS WAS SEEN PLASTERED TO A EAST-FACING CHAIN LINK FENCE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. AREAS TO THE NORTH THE MARINE TERMINAL WERE ALSO SURVEYED, AND NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND. ...BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN COLTONS POINT MARYLAND... LOCATION...COLTONS POINT IN ST MARYS COUNTY MARYLAND DATE...10 JUNE 2013 ESTIMATED TIME...9:01 PM TO 9:01 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...0.25 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.223N / 76.755W ENDING LAT/LON...38.226N / 76.753W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * 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...TOGETHER WITH RADAR DATA FROM THE ANDREWS AFB TERMINAL DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETERMINED THERE WAS A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN COLTONS POINT MARYLAND. MINOR TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE AND WAS NOTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF COLTON POINT RD...RT 242 WITH BAYVIEW RD AND ALONG BEACH RD BETWEEN CHARLES HALL RD AND POINT BREEZE RD. A FEW SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF SOME STRUCTURES IN THIS AREA. A TREE CAME DOWN ON WIRES IN THE 38300 BLOCK OF BEACH RD. A TRAMPOLINE NEAR A RESIDENCE ON COLTON POINT RD NEXT TO THE TOWN POST OFFICE WAS LIFTED UP AND BECAME LODGED 90 FEET UP IN NEARBY TALL PINE TREE. TWO LARGE WOODEN PLAY SET WERE BLOWN OVER...ONE WAS DRAGGED ABOUT 15 FEET. THIS TORNADO WAS LIKELY THE EXTENSION OF A WATERSPOUT THAT CROSSED THE POTOMAC RIVER JUST BEFORE 9 PM. ...STORM SURVEY ONGOING FOR WOODBINE IN HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND... THE SURVEY TEAM IS STILL RETURNING AS OF THIS STATEMENTS WRITING FROM HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND. A FINAL DETERMINATION OF THAT STORM WILL LIKELY POST TOMORROW MORNING. ALL OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ SHEFFIELD/ZUBRICK/WIDELSKI/LEE/STRONG NWS BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:21:48 +0000
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