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Tornado Warnings in Maryland, 2002
23 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 23
- Busiest month
- May10 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 13, 20026 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Calvert | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Wicomico | 44 min |
| May 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Harford | 30 min |
| May 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Cecil | 24 min |
| May 12, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 40 min |
| May 13, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 13, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Howard | 31 min |
| May 13, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 24 min |
| May 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 29 min |
| May 13, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 43 min |
| May 13, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Somerset | 28 min |
| May 13, 9:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 19 min |
| Jun 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Calvert | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Talbot | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 11:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Charles | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 6:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Charles | 32 min |
| Nov 11, 6:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Charles | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charles County4
- Calvert County3
- Baltimore County3
- City of Baltimore3
- Harford County2
- Cecil County2
- Carroll County2
- Frederick County2
- Prince George's County1
- Saint Mary's County1
- Dorchester County1
- Wicomico County1
- Montgomery County1
- Howard County1
- Kent County1
- Somerset County1
- Worcester County1
- Washington County1
- Talbot County1
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. Rebuilt daily.