EF0 tornado in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

During the early afternoon of Wednesday June 18th, a cluster of severe thunderstorms crossed central Maryland between Washington and Baltimore. One storm briefly produced a tornado in northwestern Anne Arundel County Maryland, in southern Odenton.

At 2:15 PM EDT, a tornado touched down in the community of Chapel Village, just south of the southern end of Chapel Hill Boulevard. There, along the north edge of a water retention pond, it uprooted two trees. It continued southeast and crossed the 800 block of Sunny Chapel Road. Here is where the damage was most intense. Three homes had siding and shingle damage. Behind one of the homes, numerous trees were uprooted and large sections of trees snapped. At least two trees fell onto homes, and one crushed an outdoor deck. Damage on the north side of the path was blown to the south, and damage on the south side of the path was blown to the north-northeast.

The tornado proceeded southeast, and crossed the southern cul-de-sac of Golden Chapel Road. There it damaged shingles and siding on three additional homes, blew out the attic window on two homes, and uprooted three more trees and snapped large branches. At this point, after just a minute on the ground and a tenth of a mile path, the tornado lifted at 2:16 PM EDT.

A funnel cloud video was shared on social media from Odenton.

The damage survey continued to the southeast, but only isolated tree

damage was seen sporadically, likely due to the severe thunderstorm wind

gusts at times from the parent thunderstorm.

A small cluster of thunderstorms produced large hail and considerable wind damage between Washington DC and Baltimore MD.