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715 NOUS41 KLWX 031629 PNSLWX DCZ001-MDZ003>006-011-013-014-016>018-501>508-VAZ025>031-036>040- 050>057-501>508-WVZ050>053-055-501>506-040200- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1229 PM EDT Mon Jun 3 2019 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 30 2019 FREDERICK COUNTY TORNADO EVENT... Start Location...Frederick in Frederick County Maryland End Location...Monrovia in Frederick County Maryland Date...May 30 2019 Estimated Time...248 PM EDT to 259 PM EDT Maximum EF-Scale Rating...EF0 Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...85 mph Maximum Path Width...75 yards Path Length...6.5 miles Beginning Lat/Lon...39.383/-77.382 Ending Lat/Lon...39.357/-77.265 * Fatalities...0 * Injuries...0 ...Summary... Staff from the National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office conducted a storm survey of damage created by a tornado that occurred on Thursday May 30 2019 near Frederick, Maryland. The 6.5 mile path of damage extended from the eastern suburbs of Frederick, through Ijamsville, to Monrovia. The survey was conducted together with Frederick County's Office of Emergency Management, who had aerial video of the western part of the damage path. The tornado touched down near the Monocacy River at approximately 248 PM EDT, just west of the Frederick County Public Safety Training Facility. As it moved east over the county training facility and property, it snapped and uprooted many trees, but no structural damage was reported to the building from the wind. Many county employees in the building witnessed the tornadic rotation. The tornado tracked a little south of due east, uprooting and snapping trees along Reichs Ford Road. As it crossed into Ijamsville, trees were uprooted and large branches were snapped along Ijamsville Road and Mussetter Road near the Methodist church. Continuing east, trees were noted uprooted and large branches snapped in multiple directions along a path that crossed Prices Distillery Road, Whiskey Road just south of Whiskey Creek Golf Course, a new residential community along Ed McClain Road, and Green Valley Road before lifting at approximately 259 PM EDT. 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 event and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$ SMZ