Hail, Howard
- When
- August 27, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Howard County, 2 mi W of Columbia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -76.880
Hail in Maryland, August 27, 1996
Quarter-sized hail was reported by county emergency officials just west of Columbia.
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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
Quarter-sized hail was reported by county emergency officials just west of Columbia.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:44 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Kentucky, August 27, 1996
- Flood in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 27, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, August 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 27, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5567911.