Maryland, 1993Tornado and Hail in Maryland, April 16, 1993
April 16, 1993 · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Queen Anne'S
- When
- April 16, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Queen Anne'S County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 35 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado touched down briefly 1 mile east-northeast of Chestertown, between Chestertown and Route 544 and moved northeast. It knocked down many trees, destroyed a large shed and took the roof off another shed at one residence.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- April 16, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Kent County
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Frederick
- When
- April 16, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Frederick County, Point of Rocks
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.472, -77.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Frederick
- When
- April 16, 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Frederick County, Frederick
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.472, -77.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 16, 1993$1.7 million · F1 · 30 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 16, 1993$1.0 million · F1 · 20 events
- Tornado in Ohio, April 16, 1993$500,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, April 16, 1993$555,000 · F0 · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 16, 1993$267,000 · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 16, 1993$7,000 · 0.75 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 16, 19931 event
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: 10329665, 10329526, 10329610, 10329611.