EF1 tornado in Baltimore City (c) County, Maryland

Tornado June 5, 2024 · Baltimore City (c) County, Maryland

EF1

Rating

3.3 mi

Whole path

175 yd

Path width

$12.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Baltimore County → Baltimore City (c) County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 175 yards (0.10 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

After initially touching down outside city limits, tree damage was evident from a distance along a small ridgeline that extended from the end of Hilltop Avenue to West Patapsco Avenue parallel to the B and O Railroad nearby. The tornado continued

past this point, twisting and snapping the trunks of several medium to large hardwood trees along Nieman Avenue. The most notable damage was just before the tornado lifted at Overflo Warehouse LLC. Large pieces of the warehouse roofing material were

peeled back along with pieces of flashing. Radar indicated the circulation clearing this point and lifting at the back of Nieman Avenue around 8:57 PM EDT.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Lansdowne (39.2557, -76.6604).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Carroll County EF2 Carroll County EF1 Montgomery County EF1 Baltimore County EF0 Carroll County EF0 Washington County EF0 Baltimore City (c) County EF0 Howard County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1174102. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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