Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 2003
29 severe thunderstorm watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 29
- Busiest month
- August11 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- August 27, 20035 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Saint Mary's and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calvert, Charles, Saint Mary's | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Carroll, Garrett, Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harford | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Garrett, Washington | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Frederick County16
- Allegany County15
- Carroll County15
- Washington County15
- Montgomery County14
- City of Baltimore14
- Anne Arundel County14
- Prince George's County14
- Baltimore County13
- Howard County13
- Harford County12
- Calvert County12
- Garrett County12
- Kent County12
- Queen Anne's County12
- Charles County11
- Caroline County11
- Talbot County11
- Cecil County11
- Saint Mary's County10
- Dorchester County8
- Wicomico County7
- Somerset County6
- Worcester County5
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.