Thunderstorm Wind — Washington, Maryland

2025-04-19 · near Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland

Event narrative

Hundreds of trees, wires, and poles blew down from Hagerstown to Smithsburg. Numerous homes suffered at least partial roof loss, with numerous homes and businesses losing siding and shingles. Numerous outbuildings were severely damaged or destroyed, including several sheds that were blown a couple hundred feet. In downtown Hagerstown, a building near the intersection of South Potomac Street and West Antietam Street had a large portion of its roof ripped off. An older building at the intersection of US-40 National Pike and East Franklin Street had half of its roof peeled off, with the roofing material landing on East Franklin Street. A building at the intersection of North Mulberry Street and East Franklin Street had most of its roof covering material peeled off. An industrial building at the intersection of Pope Avenue and East First Street had major portions of its roof peeled off and thrown downwind onto nearby homes along East First Street.

Wider weather episode

A small but intense bowing mesoscale convective system (MCS) tracked rapidly across northern Maryland during the evening hours, producing widespread and significant straight-line wind damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1235650. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.