Tornado, Worcester
- When
- August 18, 6:45 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Worcester County, 5 mi S of Ocean City
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 38.270, -75.080
Tornado in Maryland, August 18, 1996
Small tornado reported by police at the Assateague Island State Park. A truck was overturned and several trees were uprooted.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Small tornado reported by police at the Assateague Island State Park. A truck was overturned and several trees were uprooted. The storm moved over Sinepuxent Bay, crossed over the park then moved out into the ocean.
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 18, 1996
- Hail in New Mexico, August 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 18, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, August 18, 1996
- Flood in Arizona, August 18, 1996
- Flood in Arizona, August 18, 1996
- Hail in Utah, August 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 18, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, August 18, 1996
- Hail in Virginia, August 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Maryland, 1996Warnings in Maryland, August 1996
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: 5583627.