EF1 tornado in Montgomery County, Maryland

National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office staff conducted a ground survey of storm damage that occurred in central Montgomery County MD on the evening of Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

A mini-supercell thunderstorm formed southeast of Leesburg, VA, near the Potomac River. Montgomery County Emergency Management reported multiple trees down just east of the Potomac River along Elmer School Road, River Road, and Edwards Ferry Road. An eyewitness reported a tornado at a vineyard near West Willard Road. Numerous trellises were snapped and a shipping container weighing approximately 9,000 pounds was partially lifted off the ground then bounced twice over the course of 100 yards. Significant divots were in the ground, as well as damage to telephone poles from the container being lifted. Damage surveyed was at Tudor Farm along Whites Ferry Road (MD-107). About 2 dozen pine trees with trunk diameter exceeding two feet were snapped or uprooted at this location, laying in various directions. Media reported collapse of doors to a barn on the property. From this location, additional damage was located in the vicinity of the 16000 block of Darnestown Road (MD-28). Here, about a dozen softwood trees were snapped and uprooted, falling in differing directions. These downed trees caused the closure of Darnestown Road for a period of time. The tornado continued on the ground for about 0.5 miles, where additional damage was observed along and near White Ground Road. Here, many pine trees were snapped, with one pine tree debarked of about half of its bark on its remaining trunk.

The tornado track shifted northeast where several trees were uprooted around the Seneca Creek State Park before finally dissipating as it headed northeast.

On the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, June 5th, 2024, a warm front slowly lifted northeast across the eastern Panhandle of West Virginia into northern Virginia as well as central and northeastern Maryland. At the same time, low pressure tracked along the warm front causing severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to develop. Over a dozen tornadoes were confirmed in just under six hours.