Maryland tornado and storm history
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Maryland between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.
438
Tornado reports
25,037
Storm events
15
Hurricane reports
241
Deaths, all storms
Every tornado track in Maryland
413 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.
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Tornadoes by decade in Maryland
All tornado reports against only the strong ones (F2 and above). Averages are per year over the years the federal record covers completely — 1952, 1976 and 1993 are each missing whole months in NOAA’s own files and are left out.
| Decade | All reports | Strong (F2+) | All per year | Strong per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960s | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970s | 41 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 1980s | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 1990s | 96 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| 2000s | 90 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 2010s | 86 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
The 2020s are left out because the decade is not finished. Reports are counted per county, so one tornado crossing a county line can appear more than once.
Significant recent events in Maryland
Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.
A tree fell onto a person along the Matthew Henson Trail resulting in a fatality.
A tree fell onto a person in the 11700 block of North Marlton Avenue resulting in a fatality. A wind gust was estimated to be around 70 mph based on the report of 74 mph at Andrew Air Force Base about five miles to the southeast as well as analysis of the Terminal Doppler Weather…
Assateague State Park sent five lifeguards to the Offshore Vehicle (OSV) Maryland section of the Assateague Island National Seashore. The lifeguards responded to a cardiac arrest of a male, approximately 60 years old who was in the water. First Aid was attempted, but they were un…
Thirteen year old boy swept into storm drainage in the 200 Block of Watersville Road in Mt Airy.
Numerous large trees and power lines blew down in Ridgeway. In the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue, a large tree blew down onto power lines; the live power lines fell onto a chain link fence, and when a 31-year-old man was walking their dog who touched the fence, the dog and person…
The tornado began just east of the Seneca Creek State Park. Staff at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commissions (WSSC) Seneca Water Resource Recovery Facility witnessed the tornado moving west-to-east directly adjacent to the south of their facility where power lines leading to…
On the evening of Wednesday, June 5, 2024, a tornado that had peak damage along its path of 120mph or EF2 category, touched down 2 miles north-northwest of Eldersburg, Maryland. The National Weather Service conducted a damage survey and noted an initial area of tree damage near t…
NWS Doppler Weather Radar in Sterling, Virginia showed a rotating thunderstorm that developed a tornado based on this survey. Weather spotters and residents reported a tornado touchdown in the vicinity of the I-95 and I-195 interchange around 8:45 PM EDT. This was confirmed with …
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 sna…
National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office staff conducted a ground survey of storm damage that occurred in southeast Baltimore County on Wednesday, June 05, 2024. NWS Doppler Weather Radar in Sterling, Virginia showed a rotating thunderstorm that developed a t…
National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office staff conducted a ground survey of storm damage that occurred in the Long Reach village of Columbia, MD, on the evening of Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Damage was reported in Columbia, MD, in Long Reach village at …
On the evening of Wednesday, June 5, 2024, a tornado that had peak damage along its path of 120mph or EF2 category, touched down 2 miles north-northwest of Eldersburg, Maryland. The National Weather Service conducted a damage survey and noted an initial area of tree damage near t…
There was one rip current related fatality in Ocean City Maryland on September 6, 2023. The victim was a 68 year old male who later dies at the hospital.
Thousands of trees, branches and wires blew down near Union Mills. Numerous trees blew down along MD-97 Littlestown Pike, including several large trees near Mayberry Road. Dozens of roads in the area were blocked by storm debris for several days. Several barns were destroyed. Sev…
Thousands of trees, branches and wires blew down near and north of Westminster. 30 utility poles snapped along MD-97/MD-140 Baltimore Boulevard near Gorsuch Road, with live wires trapping several people in their vehicles for a few hours; two people were injured. Dozens of roads i…
Counties and zones
Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Allegany (637)
Anne Arundel (1,461)
Baltimore (1,328)
Baltimore City (c) (270)
Calvert (774)
Caroline (747)
Carroll (1,149)
Cecil (1,044)
Central and Eastern Allegany (286)
Central and Southeast Howard (148)
Central and Southeast Montgomery (170)
Charles (1,022)
Dorchester (446)
Eastern Garrett County Md (23)
Extreme Western Allegany (365)
Frederick (1,624)
Garrett (709)
Harford (1,199)
Howard (856)
Inland Worcester (88)
Inland Worcester / Except X E Worcester (25)
Kent (817)
Maryland Beaches (94)
Maryland Beaches / X E Worcester (21)
Montgomery (1,908)
Northern Baltimore (442)
Northwest Harford (153)
Northwest Howard (168)
Northwest Montgomery (160)
Prince George's (970)
Prince Georges (382)
Queen Anne's (394)
Queen Anne`s (1)
Queen Annes (488)
Somerset (293)
Southeast Harford (146)
Southern Baltimore (403)
Southern Baltimore / Baltimore (c) (49)
St. Mary's (1,060)
Talbot (813)
Talbot and Caroline (1)
Washington (1,139)
Western Garrett County Md (27)
Wicomico (436)
Worcester (271)
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