Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Maryland, May 2002
4 tornado watches in May 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- May 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Saint Mary's, Somerset | 6 hr |
| May 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 14 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Anne Arundel County2
- Baltimore County2
- Carroll County2
- Charles County2
- Frederick County2
- Harford County2
- Howard County2
- Montgomery County2
- Prince George's County2
- City of Baltimore2
- Saint Mary's County2
- Somerset County2
- Calvert County2
- Caroline County2
- Cecil County2
- Dorchester County2
- Kent County2
- Queen Anne's County2
- Talbot County2
- Allegany County1
- Garrett County1
- Washington County1
- Wicomico 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.