Severe Weather February 24, 2012
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
914 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2012
...MACROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ CONFIRMED NEAR
CAMBRIDGE IN DORCHESTER COUNTY MARYLAND...
LOCATION...CAMBRIDGE IN DORCHESTER COUNTY MARYLAND
DATE...FEBRUARY 24, 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...350 PM EST
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...2 1/2 MILES
PATH LENGTH...14 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.57N / 76.10W
ENDING LAT/LON...38.63N / 75.86W
* 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...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS CONFIRMED A
MACROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ FROM CAMBRIDGE TO
SECRETARY...NEW MARKET AND HURLOCK IN DORCHESTER COUNTY MARYLAND ON
FEBRUARY 24, 2012.
A SEVERE LINE OF STORMS MOVED FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS DORCHESTER
COUNTY MARYLAND FROM 350 PM THROUGH 415 PM FEBRUARY 24, 2012. THE
FIRST AREAS OF DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM 5135 MAPLE DAM ROAD TO
PINTAIL POINT JUST WEST AND SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE. ALONG MAPLE DAM
ROAD SEVERAL HOMES EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND ONE HORSE STABLE
WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS. ONE HORSE SUFFERED
MINOR INJURIES. A LOCAL RESIDENT WHO HEARD THE WARNING MEASURED A 77
MPH WIND. THE WIND DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN
DOWNTOWN CAMBRIDGE AND AT LEAST 2 HOMES WERE CONDEMNED DUE TO ROOF
DAMAGE. ROOFING MEMBRANES WERE PEELED OFF OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES
DOWNTOWN AND NUMEROUS WINDOWS WERE BLOWN IN. A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS
OVERTURNED WHILE DRIVING EAST ON THE SEN. MALKUS BRIDGE. WINDS IN
CAMBRIDGE AVERAGED BETWEEN 70 TO 85 MPH BASED ON TREE AND
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
THE SEVERE STORMS CONTINUED EAST ALONG THE RIVER THEN STRIKING
SECRETARY...NEW EAST MARKET AND HURLOCK. WIND DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT
ALONG THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF EAST NEW MARKET ROAD FROM NEAR HIGHWAY
50 TO SHILOH CHURCH ROAD. SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS ALONG THE RIVER
ON GOOSE CREEK ROAD WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. ALONG HIGHWAY 14 AND
HIGHWAY 16 NUMEROUS POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND TREES UPROOTED.
TWO BARNS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED TO DESTROYED ALONG EAST MARKET
HIGHWAY NEAR THOMPSONTOWN ROAD. NUMEROUS 2 FOOT DIAMETER PINES
WERE SNAPPED ALONG SHILOH CAMP ROAD ON OF WHICH FELL INTO A LARGE
BUILDING DESTROYING THE STRUCTURE. ALONG SHILOH CHURCH ROAD
NUMEROUS TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN AND TWENTY SEVEN POWER/TELEPHONE
POLES WERE SNAPPED. WIND SPEEDS AROUND SECRETARY AND EAST NEW
MARKET WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 85 MPH BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF TREE
AND POWER POLE DAMAGE. MINOR WIND DAMAGE CONTINUED INTO HURLOCK.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK DORCHESTER
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MARYLAND STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR
ASSISTING WITH THE SURVEY.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/AKQ.
FOR REFERENCE...
A MACROBURST IS A CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFT WITH AN AFFECTED OUTFLOW AREA
OF AT LEAST 2 1/2 MILES WIDE AND PEAK WINDS LASTING BETWEEN 5 AND
20 MINUTES. INTENSE MACROBURSTS MAY CAUSE TORNADO-FORCE DAMAGE.
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE GENERALLY ANY WIND THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED
WITH ROTATION...USED MAINLY TO DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM TORNADIC
WINDS.
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...MATHEWS COUNTY TORNADO SURVEY RESULTS...
LOCATION...BAVON VIRGINIA
DATE...FEB 24 2012
ESTIMATED TIME...625 PM TO 630 PM
EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...70 TO 80 MPH
PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS WIDE
PATH LENGTH...1 MILE
INJURIES...0
DEATHS...0
...SUMMARY...
NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH A EF0
TORNADO. THE TORNADO BEGAN AT WHITE CEMETERY AND MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST
BY THE DAVIS ROAD MARINA AND ENDED ON ROUTE 14 JUST NORTH OF BAVON.
AT LEAST TWO TREES WERE DOWNED AND A NUMBER OF TREES HAD BRANCHES
AND LIMBS BROKEN OFF. SEVERAL BUILDINGS HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND AN
OLDER BUILDING BY THE MARINA HAD DAMAGE TO A WALL.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
509 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0351 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMBRIDGE 38.56N 76.08W
02/24/2012 DORCHESTER MD NWS EMPLOYEE
TREE DOWN AT 348 RADIANCE DR
0351 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMBRIDGE 38.56N 76.08W
02/24/2012 DORCHESTER MD NWS EMPLOYEE
TREE DOWN AT 348 RADIANCE DR.
0351 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMBRIDGE 38.56N 76.08W
02/24/2012 DORCHESTER MD NWS EMPLOYEE
TREE DOWN AT 348 RADIANCE DR
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMBRIDGE 38.56N 76.08W
02/24/2012 DORCHESTER MD 911 CALL CENTER
WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS CAMBRIDGE.
SOME POWER POLES SNAPPED.
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMBRIDGE 38.56N 76.08W
02/24/2012 DORCHESTER MD 911 CALL CENTER
WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA.
SOME POWER POLES ARE SNAPPED.
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG HURLOCK 38.62N 75.85W
02/24/2012 DORCHESTER MD TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POLES SNAPPED NEAR MILES
CIRCLE.
0430 PM HAIL 1 ENE WINTERPOCK 37.35N 77.71W
02/24/2012 E1.00 INCH CHESTERFIELD VA PUBLIC
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND QUALA AND SPRING RUN
0444 PM HAIL CHESTERFIELD 37.38N 77.51W
02/24/2012 E1.00 INCH CHESTERFIELD VA PUBLIC
1 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT
0445 PM HAIL 1 S BROOKBURY 37.45N 77.49W
02/24/2012 M1.75 INCH CHESTERFIELD VA PUBLIC
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CHIPPENHAM AND RTE 10
0448 PM HAIL RICHMOND 37.50N 77.33W
02/24/2012 M1.50 INCH HENRICO VA ASOS
1.25 TO 1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY OBSERVER
0554 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 WNW HACKSNECK 37.65N 75.90W
02/24/2012 M43 MPH ANZ630 VA BUOY
37KT GUST AT ONANCOCK WEATHERFLOW SITE X198
0612 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 5 ESE MARYUS 37.25N 76.33W
02/24/2012 M40 MPH ANZ632 VA MESONET
YORK RIVER EAST REAR RANGE LIGHT MESONET
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG BAVON 37.33N 76.29W
02/24/2012 MATHEWS VA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE IN THE THE DAVIS CREEK
AND MARINA AREA.