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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 1997

18 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
18
Busiest month
June6 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
June 18, 19973 severe thunderstorm watches

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more6 hr
May 1, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Saint Mary's and 4 more6 hr
May 6, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaltimore, Cecil, Harford, Howard, Kent, City of Baltimore5 hr
Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Kent and 7 more5 hr
Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Garrett6 hr
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaltimore, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, City of Baltimore6 hr
Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCWashington6 hr
Jun 26, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington5 hr
Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 13 more6 hr
Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGarrett6 hr
Jul 9, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Washington6 hr
Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more6 hr
Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Carroll, Washington6 hr
Jul 28, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Garrett6 hr
Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles and 11 more5 hr
Aug 4, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSaint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester6 hr
Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard and 3 more7 hr
Aug 17, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester and 9 more6 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 18, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  2. June 26, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  3. July 9, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  4. July 28, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  5. August 17, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  6. March 29, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  7. May 1, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  8. May 6, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  9. June 13, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  10. July 3, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  11. July 18, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  12. August 4, 19971severe thunderstorm watches

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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.