Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 8, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -77.670
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 8, 1984
8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 38
- Property damage
- $7.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Frederick
- When
- May 8, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Frederick County
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -77.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 8, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -77.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Baltimore City (C)
- When
- May 8, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baltimore City (C) County
- Injuries
- 18 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -76.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George'S
- When
- May 8, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Prince George'S County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles
- When
- May 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Charles County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -77.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Baltimore
- When
- May 8, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Baltimore County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -76.420
Tornado, St. Mary'S
- When
- May 8, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Mary'S County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -76.780
Tornado, St. Mary'S
- When
- May 8, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- St. Mary'S County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -76.730
Tornado, Calvert
- When
- May 8, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Calvert County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -76.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Cecil
- When
- May 8, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cecil County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -75.980
Tornado, Dorchester
- When
- May 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dorchester County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -75.900
Tornado, Dorchester
- When
- May 8, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dorchester County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -75.900
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Dorchester | 1984-05-08 | Direct |
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 8, 1984
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Delaware, May 8, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 8, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 8, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 8, 1984
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 8, 1984
- Hail in Georgia, May 8, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 8, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 8, 1984
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, May 8, 1984
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: 10039958, 10039959, 10039960, 10039961, 10039962, 10039963, 10039964, 10039965, 10039966, 10040815, 10040816, 10040817, 10040818.