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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 2002

18 severe thunderstorm watches in 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
18
Busiest month
May7 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
April 28, 20022 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 26, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSomerset, Wicomico5 hr
Apr 3, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Saint Mary's, Somerset and 3 more6 hr
Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Garrett4 hr
Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Garrett4 hr
May 9, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery and 1 more5 hr
May 9, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSomerset5 hr
May 12, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett and 5 more6 hr
May 12, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Cecil, Harford, Howard and 6 more5 hr
May 13, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSomerset6 hr
May 26, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick and 7 more6 hr
May 31, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford and 4 more6 hr
Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Garrett, Washington5 hr
Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 5 more5 hr
Jun 6, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick and 7 more6 hr
Jun 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Saint Mary's, Somerset and 3 more5 hr
Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGarrett6 hr
Jun 27, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles and 12 more4 hr
Aug 5, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 11 more5 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. April 28, 20022severe thunderstorm watches
  2. May 9, 20022severe thunderstorm watches
  3. May 12, 20022severe thunderstorm watches
  4. June 6, 20022severe thunderstorm watches
  5. June 27, 20022severe thunderstorm watches
  6. March 27, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  7. April 3, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  8. May 13, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  9. May 26, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  10. May 31, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 4, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  12. June 5, 20021severe thunderstorm watches

Nearby

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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.