High Wind Watches in Maryland
74 high wind watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 74
- Busiest year
- 20128 high wind watches
- Average year
- 4over 20 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 County33
- Washington County22
- Frederick County19
- Caroline County16
- Carroll County16
- Kent County16
- Queen Anne's County16
- Talbot County16
- Anne Arundel County15
- Baltimore County15
- Cecil County15
- Prince George's County15
- City of Baltimore15
- Calvert County9
- Saint Mary's County9
- Worcester County9
- Charles County8
- Howard County7
- Montgomery County7
- Harford County6
- Somerset County5
- Dorchester County4
- Wicomico County4
- Garrett County3
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Allegany, Garrett | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:03 PM EST | High Wind Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 14 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:21 PM EST | High Wind Watch | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 13 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.