Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Maryland, 1999
5 tornado watches in 1999. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- September4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- September 5, 19993 tornado 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 3, 4:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Saint Mary's, Somerset, Worcester | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Howard, Kent, Montgomery and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Mary's County5
- Calvert County3
- Charles County3
- Somerset County3
- Worcester County3
- Dorchester County2
- Wicomico County2
- Anne Arundel County2
- Howard County2
- Kent County2
- Montgomery County2
- Prince George's County2
- Queen Anne's County2
- Talbot County2
- City of Baltimore2
- Allegany County1
- Baltimore County1
- Carroll County1
- Cecil County1
- Frederick County1
- Harford County1
- Washington 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.