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Tornado Warnings in Maryland, 2020

43 tornado warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
43
Busiest month
August27 tornado warnings
Busiest day
August 4, 202025 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 7:37 AM ESTTornado WarningLWXFrederick, Howard, Montgomery23 min
Feb 7, 7:46 AM ESTTornado WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick29 min
Feb 7, 8:13 AM ESTTornado WarningLWXCarroll17 min
Feb 7, 9:39 AM ESTTornado WarningPHICecil36 min
Apr 13, 12:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore23 min
Apr 13, 3:26 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's13 min
Jul 6, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's19 min
Aug 4, 4:01 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXSaint Mary's29 min
Aug 4, 4:47 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXCharles, Saint Mary's28 min
Aug 4, 5:04 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQSomerset, Wicomico, Worcester26 min
Aug 4, 5:27 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQSomerset, Wicomico33 min
Aug 4, 5:55 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQDorchester, Wicomico35 min
Aug 4, 6:18 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXCharles, Saint Mary's13 min
Aug 4, 6:35 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQDorchester11 min
Aug 4, 6:41 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXSaint Mary's34 min
Aug 4, 6:44 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXCalvert, Saint Mary's31 min
Aug 4, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester35 min
Aug 4, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's35 min
Aug 4, 7:04 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQWicomico, Worcester26 min
Aug 4, 7:17 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert28 min
Aug 4, 7:20 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQWicomico, Worcester40 min
Aug 4, 7:22 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's23 min
Aug 4, 7:26 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQDorchester, Wicomico34 min
Aug 4, 7:28 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQWicomico, Worcester32 min
Aug 4, 7:42 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXCalvert, Prince George's8 min
Aug 4, 7:53 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQWorcester37 min
Aug 4, 8:13 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot26 min
Aug 4, 8:27 AM EDTTornado WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's33 min
Aug 4, 8:56 AM EDTTornado WarningPHICecil34 min
Aug 4, 9:23 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPHICecil22 min
Aug 4, 9:26 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXHarford18 min
Aug 4, 9:31 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore11 min
Aug 29, 1:10 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQSomerset21 min
Aug 29, 1:46 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQDorchester29 min
Sep 3, 3:43 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick, Howard19 min
Sep 3, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll, Howard, City of Baltimore24 min
Sep 3, 4:43 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHoward, Montgomery, Prince George's32 min
Sep 3, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore40 min
Sep 3, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXMontgomery, Prince George's35 min
Sep 3, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel14 min
Nov 30, 2:36 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXCecil, Harford9 min
Nov 30, 2:50 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXCecil25 min
Nov 30, 3:11 PM ESTTornado WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's17 min

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. August 4, 202025tornado warnings
  2. September 3, 20206tornado warnings
  3. February 7, 20204tornado warnings
  4. November 30, 20203tornado warnings
  5. April 13, 20202tornado warnings
  6. August 29, 20202tornado warnings
  7. July 6, 20201tornado warnings

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.