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EF0 tornado in Calvert County, Maryland

Tornado June 22, 2026 · Calvert County, Maryland

EF0
Rating
1.3 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A line of severe thunderstorms moved east into southern Maryland on Monday

evening, June 22nd, 2026. This line of storms was the cause of a

widespread severe weather outbreak across portions of both Virginia and

Maryland. One of the thunderstorms developed rotation as it moved out of Saint Mary's

County and across the Patuxent River into Calvert County.

Once that storm moved into Calvert County, terminal doppler

weather radar at Joint Base Andrews (TADW) indicated an

intensifying rotation as it neared Battle Creek, moving quickly

east at 50 mph. A drone video captured the tornado developing, and

tornadic damage was first reported off Honey Cove Court on the

west shore of Battle Creek. Several large branches were snapped on

several trees, and one fell onto a dock. An eyewitness on Shamrock Court

on the east shore of Battle Creek saw the tornado crossing the

creek before they took shelter. More tree damage was reported

along Shamrock Court, as well as along Crane Road and Shannon Way.

An eyewitness off Crane Road passed along a video recording of

rotating and lofted leaf debris. After crossing Shannon Way, the

tornado lifted, although intermittent minor tree damage continued

in Saint Leonard due to downburst winds after the rotation weakened.

The wider storm

Lines of thunderstorms developing well out ahead of a cold front in a hot and unstable environment resulted in scattered instances of damaging wind gusts. A few destructive wind gusts were noted in north-central Virginia.

Began near Adelina (38.4710, -76.5980).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1338163. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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