Eskimo Joe Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Are there surveys being done? Not a word from lwx on that. One survey completed: NOUS41 KLWX 222320PNSLWX MDZ004-232330- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 720 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR TUSCARORA IN FREDERICK COUNTY MD... LOCATION...TUSCARORA IN FREDERICK COUNTY MD DATE...JUNE 20 2015 ESTIMATED TIME...7:39 PM TO 7:45 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.2604/77.4650 ENDING LAT/LON...39.3767/77.4538 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... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR TUSCARORA IN FREDERICK COUNTY MD ON JUNE 20 2015. A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA CONDUCTED A GROUND SURVEY OF TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG A 1.5 MILE PATH BEGINNING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TUSCARORA ROAD AND BUCKEYSTOWN PIKE...THEN MOVED NORTHEAST TO GREENFIELD ROAD. BASED ON THIS SURVEY ALONG WITH RADAR DATA...THE TEAM DETERMINED AN EF-0 TORNADO OCCURRED ALONG THIS PATH. THE TORNADO WAS APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS WIDE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 65 MPH. LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED HALF WAY UP AND TREES WERE NEARLY PUSHED OVER FROM SOUTH TO NORTH NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TUSCARORA ROAD AND BUCKEYSTOWN PIKE. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED AT TWO RESIDENCES JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION...WITH A MAILBOX AT THE SAME LOCATION PUSHED OVER ABOUT 45 DEGREES. ANOTHER SMALL TREE WAS SNAPPED OVER IN A SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST DIRECTION ABOUT ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF THE RESIDENCES. A LARGE TREE WAS SNAPPED OVER AT THE BASE IN A NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION AT A RESIDENCE JUST OFF BUCKEYSTOWN PIKE NEAR GREENFIELD ROAD. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AND ALONG GREENFIELD ROAD...AN ADDITIONAL LARGE TREE BRANCH WAS ALSO SNAPPED IN A NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE NORTH OF GREENFIELD ROAD. THIS 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. $ KRW/SHG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I got clarification from our current Skywarn coordinator... We do prefer to receive all hail reports, severe and non/severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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