Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Maryland, 2004
10 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest month
- September7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- September 17, 20043 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Garrett | 5 hr |
| May 31, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Montgomery, Prince George's, Saint Mary's and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charles, Prince George's | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Cecil, Harford, Howard and 5 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charles County7
- Prince George's County7
- Calvert County6
- Saint Mary's County6
- Anne Arundel County6
- Montgomery County5
- Howard County5
- City of Baltimore5
- Dorchester County4
- Somerset County4
- Baltimore County4
- Carroll County4
- Frederick County4
- Harford County4
- Washington County4
- Caroline County3
- Cecil County3
- Kent County3
- Queen Anne's County3
- Talbot County3
- Wicomico County2
- Worcester County2
- Garrett County1
- Allegany 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.