Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Maryland, April 2002
3 tornado watches in April 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in April 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- April 28, 20023 tornado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and 5 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegany County1
- Garrett County1
- Baltimore County1
- Carroll County1
- Frederick County1
- Harford County1
- Howard County1
- Montgomery County1
- Prince George's County1
- Washington County1
- City of Baltimore1
- Calvert County1
- Caroline County1
- Cecil County1
- Dorchester County1
- Kent County1
- Queen Anne's County1
- Saint Mary's County1
- Somerset County1
- Talbot County1
- Wicomico County1
- Worcester 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.