Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Watches / 2008
Tornado Watches in Maryland, May 2008
6 tornado watches in May 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20084 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Calvert County4
- Saint Mary's County4
- Charles County3
- Garrett County3
- Allegany County2
- Anne Arundel County2
- Baltimore County2
- Caroline County2
- Carroll County2
- Cecil County2
- Frederick County2
- Harford County2
- Howard County2
- Kent County2
- Montgomery County2
- Prince George's County2
- Queen Anne's County2
- Talbot County2
- Washington County2
- City of Baltimore2
- Dorchester County2
- Somerset County2
- Wicomico County2
- Worcester County2
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.