Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Maryland, 2008
13 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- May6 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20084 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 4, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calvert, Charles, Saint Mary's | 6 hr |
| May 9, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 8 hr |
| May 31, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Garrett | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Garrett | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Kent and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 8 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:22 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Calvert County8
- Saint Mary's County8
- Charles County7
- Anne Arundel County6
- Montgomery County6
- Prince George's County6
- Dorchester County6
- Somerset County6
- Wicomico County6
- Worcester County6
- Baltimore County5
- Carroll County5
- Frederick County5
- Harford County5
- Howard County5
- City of Baltimore5
- Caroline County5
- Kent County5
- Queen Anne's County5
- Talbot County5
- Garrett County4
- Cecil County4
- Allegany County3
- Washington County3
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.