High Wind Warnings in Maryland
113 high wind warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 113
- Busiest year
- 200814 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 6over 19 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegany County38
- Washington County27
- Worcester County26
- Frederick County25
- Baltimore County24
- Carroll County23
- City of Baltimore23
- Anne Arundel County21
- Cecil County19
- Calvert County18
- Caroline County18
- Prince George's County18
- Kent County17
- Queen Anne's County17
- Talbot County17
- Saint Mary's County16
- Charles County14
- Dorchester County14
- Somerset County14
- Wicomico County14
- Harford County12
- Howard County11
- Montgomery County10
- Garrett County4
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2:08 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | Allegany, Garrett | 24 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:57 AM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 35 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:55 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:34 AM EST | High Wind Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 42 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.