PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
415 PM EDT MON APR 29 2002
...CHARLES COUNTY TORNADO NOW RATED AN F-5 ON THE FUJITA SCALE...
...LA PLATA TORNADO BECOMES THE STRONGEST TORNADO EVER RECORDED IN
MARYLAND...
A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CURRENTLY SURVEYING
TORNADO DAMAGE IN CHARLES COUNTY.
SURVEY RESULTS INDICATE THE TORNADO WAS AN F-5 ON THE FUJITA SCALE. WIND
SPEEDS IN THIS TORNADO HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE GREATER THAN 260 MPH. THIS
IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT AT LEAST 6 HOMES WERE COMPLETELY WIPED OFF THEIR
FOUNDATION IN CHARLES COUNTY WITH 3 OF THESE HOMES JUST EAST OF LA PLATA.
THIS IS THE STRONGEST TORNADO EVER RECORDED IN MARYLAND.
THE TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS 24 MILES IN CHARLES COUNTY AND AT LEAST 6 MILES
INTO CALVERT COUNTY. THE TORNADO WIDTH WAS 400 YARDS. THE TORNADO TOUCHED
TOWN BETWEEN RISEN AND MARBURY AS AN F-2 THEN STRENGTHENED TO AN F-4 AS IT
WENT THROUGH LA PLATA. THE TORNADO THEN STRENGTHENED TO AN F-5 ON THE EAST
SIDE OF LA PLATA. THE TORNADO WAS AT LEAST F-4 STRENGTH AS IT MOVED TO
BENEDICT IN CHARLES COUNTY. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED INTO CALVERT COUNTY.
THERE ARE 3 CONFIRMED DEATHS AND OVER 90 INJURIES.
IMAGES OF TORNADOES FROM APRIL 28TH APPEAR ON THE MAIN PAGE OF OUR WEB PAGE
AT WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/LWX
$$
WALSTON
~Sam Sagnella
CycloneSam86{at}aol.com
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