Tornado, Allegany
- When
- July 5, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Allegany County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -78.900
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 5, 1969
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Allegany
- When
- July 5, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Allegany County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -78.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George'S
- When
- July 5, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Prince George'S County
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -76.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George'S
- When
- July 5, 3:34 PM CST
- Where
- Prince George'S County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -76.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Wicomico
- When
- July 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wicomico County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -75.500
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 5, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 5, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 5, 1969
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 5, 1969
- Hail in Montana, July 5, 1969
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 5, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 5, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 5, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 5, 1969
- Hail in Idaho, July 5, 1969
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10041219, 10041220, 10041221, 10041222, 10041223.