EF0 Tornado — Baltimore City (c), Maryland

2024-06-05 · near Canton, Baltimore City (c), Maryland

Event narrative

Staff from the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office conducted a ground survey of storm damage in Baltimore, MD that occurred on Wednesday evening, June 5, 2024. A tornado touched down around Anchorage Promenade park before moving east-northeast into the Canton neighborhood. This

was verified by video taken from a resident within the area. Overall damage was sparse and brief within the tornado which aligns with what we saw on ground. This included small branches less than one inch in diameter and small signs that were tossed at the intersection of Hudson Street and South Luzerne Avenue. The most notable damage was a large pine tree that was broken about half way up on the tree along Fait Avenue. Several large branches and trash cans were also tossed at the Hatton Senior Center which was the area where the tree and branches were snapped. A tree was uprooted along Foster Avenue along with an awning that was blown off. A stop sign was also tilted on its side. NWS Doppler Radar in Sterling, Virginia and the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport showed a circulation that corroborated the tornado reports. It appears that the tornado lifted before reaching the Highlandtown neighborhood as no additional damage was noted.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1174100. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.