Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Maryland, 2012
6 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- June3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 1, 20122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charles, Dorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:54 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Dorchester and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charles County4
- Dorchester County4
- Saint Mary's County4
- Somerset County4
- Wicomico County4
- Worcester County3
- Frederick County3
- Anne Arundel County3
- Baltimore County3
- Calvert County3
- Caroline County3
- Carroll County3
- Cecil County3
- Harford County3
- Howard County3
- Kent County3
- Montgomery County3
- Prince George's County3
- Queen Anne's County3
- Talbot County3
- City of Baltimore3
- Washington County2
- Allegany County1
- Garrett 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.