Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Maryland, 2022
5 tornado watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- May3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20222 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 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 8 hr |
| May 20, 11:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 6:24 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 11:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 4 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charles, Saint Mary's | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dorchester County2
- Somerset County2
- Wicomico County2
- Worcester County2
- Baltimore County2
- Carroll County2
- Cecil County2
- Frederick County2
- Harford County2
- Howard County2
- Washington County2
- City of Baltimore2
- Charles County2
- Saint Mary's County2
- Allegany County1
- Garrett County1
- Anne Arundel County1
- Calvert County1
- Montgomery County1
- Prince George's 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.