Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, May 2002
7 severe thunderstorm watches 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- May 9, 20022 severe thunderstorm watches
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 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Somerset | 5 hr |
| May 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Cecil, Harford, Howard and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Somerset | 6 hr |
| May 26, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford and 4 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Howard County5
- Carroll County4
- Frederick County4
- Montgomery County4
- Washington County4
- Baltimore County4
- Cecil County4
- Harford County4
- City of Baltimore4
- Allegany County3
- Kent County3
- Garrett County2
- Somerset County2
- Anne Arundel County2
- Prince George's County2
- Caroline County1
- Queen Anne's County1
- Talbot County1
- Charles County1
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.