Thunderstorm Wind, Frederick
- When
- November 16, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Frederick County
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -77.380
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maryland, November 16, 1989
16 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- November 16, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -77.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- November 16, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -77.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George'S
- When
- November 16, 8:10 AM CST
- Where
- Prince George'S County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -76.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- November 16, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Anne Arundel
- When
- November 16, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Anne Arundel County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -76.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Baltimore
- When
- November 16, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Baltimore County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -76.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Baltimore City (C)
- When
- November 16, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Baltimore City (C) County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -76.620
Tornado, Kent
- When
- November 16, 9:20 AM EST
- Where
- Kent County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -75.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Harford
- When
- November 16, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Harford County
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -76.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Queen Anne'S
- When
- November 16, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Queen Anne'S County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -76.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Queen Anne'S
- When
- November 16, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Queen Anne'S County
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -76.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Queen Anne'S
- When
- November 16, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Queen Anne'S County
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -75.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Cecil
- When
- November 16, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Cecil County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -75.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester
- When
- November 16, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Dorchester County
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -75.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Wicomico
- When
- November 16, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Wicomico County
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -75.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- November 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Worcester County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -75.080
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
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- Tornado in West Virginia, November 16, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Delaware, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, November 16, 1989
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: 10039145, 10039146, 10039147, 10039148, 10039149, 10039150, 10039151, 10039152, 10039158, 10039153, 10039154, 10039155, 10039156, 10039157, 10039159, 10039160, 10039161.