Tornado, Frederick
- When
- May 13, 1:30 PM EDT
- Where
- Frederick County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -77.570
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 13, 1990
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Frederick
- When
- May 13, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Frederick County
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -77.380
Tornado, Kent
- When
- May 13, 4:30 PM EDT
- Where
- Kent County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -76.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- May 13, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -77.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George'S
- When
- May 13, 2:37 PM CST
- Where
- Prince George'S County
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -76.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles
- When
- May 13, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Charles County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -76.970
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
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- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 1990
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- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 13, 1990
- Tornado in Colorado, May 13, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 13, 1990
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: 10039173, 10039174, 10039178, 10039175, 10039176, 10039177.