The extreme weather that began in Ranson, WV on Monday May 3 produced a long path of damage.  We tracked this cell for about 80 miles over 4 hours with continuous tornado warnings even into Baltimore County MD. 

A second tornado touchdown was confirmed from this cell, this time in Frederick County MD.  

The National Weather Service (NWS) survey has produced a report with another EF-1 tornado that was on the ground for just under 1 mile between Libertytown and Mt. Pleasant, MD.  This was just south of Rt 26 and had top wind speeds of 90 mph.

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…NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/03/21 TORNADO IN MT. PLEASANT MD…

RATING:                 EF-1

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.8 MILES

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   200 YARDS

FATALITIES:             0

INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             MAY 3, 2021

START TIME:             8:14 PM EDT

START LOCATION:         MT PLEASANT MD

START LAT/LON:          39.4520 / -77.2922

END DATE:               MAY 3, 2021

END TIME:               8:16 PM EDT

END LOCATION:           MT. PLEASANT MD

END LAT/LON:            39.4560 / -77.2785

 

 

NWS NARRATIVE (Report):

A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO DURING THE EVENING 

HOURS OF MONDAY, MAY 3RD IN A RURAL AREA OF FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, 

BETWEEN MT PLEASANT AND LIBERTYTOWN. AN ESTIMATED 150 TREES WERE 

UPROOTED, SNAPPED OR DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO THAT 

MOVED IN AN EAST-NORTHEAST DIRECTION FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE-

QUARTERS OF A MILE.

 

TREE DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR A RESIDENCE IN THE 10800

BLOCK OF OLD ANNAPOLIS ROAD, WITH A FEW SNAPPED LARGE BRANCHES 

THAT FELL ACROSS OLD ANNAPOLIS ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST- 

NORTHEAST ACROSS A LARGE GROUPING OF TREES BETWEEN OLD ANNAPOLIS 

ROAD AND CHESTNUT GROVE ROAD, DAMAGING APPROXIMATELY 90-100 TREES 

WITH MULTIPLE LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED, TREES UPROOTED AND TRUNKS 

SNAPPED IN VARYING DIRECTIONS.

 

AS THE TORNADO CROSSED CHESTNUT GROVE ROAD JUST NORTH OF ALTON 

ROAD, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED, WITH AN ESTIMATED 

40-50 TREES UPROOTED IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS WHILE ABOUT 20 TREES 

WERE SNAPPED. ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED OUTSIDE OF THIS PATH 

ON THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE TORNADO PATH, WITH A FEW TREE SNAPS 

NOTED. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ANYWHERE ALONG THE

TORNADO PATH.

 

 

AS THE TORNADO MOVED FURTHER EAST-NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM 

CHESTNUT GROVE ROAD, IT LIFTED, AS NO DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT OR 

REPORTED ALONG WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONTINUATION OF THE 

TORNADO’S PATH. SPORADIC, STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED 

FURTHER NORTHEAST NEAR LIBERTYTOWN.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK FREDERICK 

COUNTY’S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE 

WITH THIS SURVEY.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE

FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0………65 TO 85 MPH

EF1………86 TO 110 MPH

EF2………111 TO 135 MPH

EF3………136 TO 165 MPH

EF4………166 TO 200 MPH

EF5………>200 MPH

 

Also See The Other Report:

Tornado Confirmed in Ranson WV

Tornado-report-ranson-wv-may-3-2021

 

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