Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, May 2002
47 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2002. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 47
- Busiest day
- May 14, 200213 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 50 min |
| May 2, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard | 46 min |
| May 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 40 min |
| May 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 38 min |
| May 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 47 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 31 min |
| May 12, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 28 min |
| May 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard, Montgomery | 48 min |
| May 12, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick | 46 min |
| May 12, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Prince George's, City of Baltimore | 48 min |
| May 12, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 43 min |
| May 12, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline | 37 min |
| May 12, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 30 min |
| May 12, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 12, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 51 min |
| May 12, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 21 min |
| May 12, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 47 min |
| May 12, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Montgomery | 22 min |
| May 12, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 38 min |
| May 12, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery, Prince George's | 47 min |
| May 13, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 24 min |
| May 13, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Somerset | 30 min |
| May 13, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 65 min |
| May 13, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 43 min |
| May 13, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 40 min |
| May 13, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Saint Mary's | 33 min |
| May 13, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 38 min |
| May 13, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 40 min |
| May 14, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany, Washington | 24 min |
| May 14, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 50 min |
| May 14, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, City of Baltimore | 38 min |
| May 14, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 46 min |
| May 14, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 14, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Charles | 60 min |
| May 14, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 30 min |
| May 14, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Montgomery, City of Baltimore | 34 min |
| May 14, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 28 min |
| May 14, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 39 min |
| May 14, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 46 min |
| May 18, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Charles | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 26, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 33 min |
| May 27, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 24 min |
| May 28, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany | 38 min |
| May 31, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Montgomery County12
- Baltimore County6
- Frederick County6
- Washington County6
- Anne Arundel County6
- Prince George's County6
- Howard County5
- Harford County5
- City of Baltimore4
- Cecil County3
- Carroll County3
- Kent County3
- Queen Anne's County3
- Caroline County3
- Somerset County2
- Allegany County2
- Charles County2
- Saint Mary's County1
- Dorchester County1
- Wicomico County1
- Worcester County1
- Calvert County1
- Talbot County1
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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.