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063 NOUS41 KLWX 080229 PNSLWX DCZ001-MDZ004>006-011-013-014-016-503>508-VAZ052>055-501-502-505- 506-081430- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 929 PM EST Fri Feb 7 2020 ...2 TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY MD FRIDAY MORNING FEB 7 2020... .EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR DICKERSON MD... Location...Dickerson in Western Montgomery County MD Date...Fri Feb 7, 2020 Estimated Time...7:28 AM to 7:29 AM EST Maximum EF-Scale Rating...EF1 Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...95 mph Maximum Path Width...150 yards Path Length...1.0 mile Beginning Lat/Lon...39.1763/-77.4827 Ending Lat/Lon...39.1819/-77.4633 * Fatalities...0 * Injuries...0 ...Summary... Staff from NOAA's National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office located in Sterling, VA performed a survey of storm damage that occurred in western Montgomery County MD near Dickerson. This survey, coupled with radar analysis from the KLWX WSR-88D radar and an FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TIAD), concluded that a tornado rated EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale impacted portions of extreme western Montgomery County MD near Dickerson. Initial damage was noted in trees just west of a farm near the Potomac River off Martinsburg Road. A large barn used to house horses lost all of its roof while an adjacent open-air pole barn was flattened. Several small outbuildings were destroyed. Bleachers at a horse showing facility were overturned. A metal frame windmill tower was toppled. Numerous trees, both hardwood and softwood, were either uprooted or snapped. Then the tornado moved northeast across open fields. It then crossed Martinsburg Rd near a farmhouse where several large trees were uprooted and a farmhouse lost many shingles. No damage was noted past the farm house. This tornado was not the same one that struck near Leesburg, VA earlier. Rather it was a short-lived tornado that spun up quickly to the northeast of the circulation that spawned the Leesburg, VA EF0 tornado. ..EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR BOYDS MD...... Location...Boyds in Montgomery County MD Date...Fri Feb 7, 2020 Estimated Time...7:28 AM to 7:29 AM EST Maximum EF-Scale Rating...EF0 Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...80 mph Maximum Path Width...75 yards Path Length...2.3 miles Beginning Lat/Lon...39.1301/-77.3464 Ending Lat/Lon...39.1431/-77.3113 * Fatalities...0 * Injuries...0 ...Summary... Staff from NOAA's National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office located in Sterling, VA performed a survey of storm damage that occurred in west-central Montgomery County MD near Boyds. This survey, coupled with radar analysis from the KLWX WSR-88D radar and an FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TIAD), concluded that a tornado rated EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale impacted portions of west-central Montgomery County MD near Boyds and Dawsonville. Initial damage was noted on Darnestown Road (Rt 28) between White Ground Rd and Sugarland Rd where several softwood trees were topped and fell across utility lines on Darnestown Rd. After passing over largely rural fields and woodlands the tornado damaged several structures at a dog training facility in the 14000 block of Schaeffer Road. Here an open facing storage outbuilding was flattened. Roofing material carried from the destroyed outbuilding damaged two other office trailer structures. A 10 foot 2x4 impaled the side of one of the office trailers while another 2x4 impaled the roof of the second office trailer. Some tree damage was noted just to the northeast of this facility but all damage ended shortly thereafter. 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 * The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data. The National Weather Service thanks Montgomery County Emergency Management for their assistance in conducting these surveys. $$ SMZ/KJP