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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more9 hr
May 8, 8:38 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCalvert, Charles, Saint Mary's6 hr
May 9, 3:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCCalvert, Saint Mary's8 hr
May 31, 4:10 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCGarrett6 hr
May 31, 10:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 11 more7 hr
May 31, 10:25 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll and 18 more7 hr
May 31, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCalvert, Charles, Dorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico and 1 more6 hr
Jun 4, 9:18 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCGarrett7 hr
Jun 4, 12:49 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more7 hr
Jun 4, 2:53 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCaroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset and 3 more5 hr
Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Kent and 8 more5 hr
Sep 6, 4:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester8 hr
Nov 15, 12:22 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more7 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20072009

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.