Tornado, Baltimore City (C)
- When
- July 19, 3:30 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Baltimore City (C) County, Ne Portion
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -76.580
Tornado in Maryland, July 19, 1996
The parent thunderstorm that dropped tornadoes northwest of the Baltimore metropolitan region put down brief twisters in the north and east portions of the city of Baltimore. People watched as a funnel snaked to the ground for no more than 10 seconds over the north central portion of town.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
The parent thunderstorm that dropped tornadoes northwest of the Baltimore metropolitan region put down brief twisters in the north and east portions of the city of Baltimore. People watched as a funnel snaked to the ground for no more than 10 seconds over the north central portion of town. A few minutes later, a second funnel touched down over the eastern portion of town. Some debris was seen being sucked up into the funnel, which also lasted 10 seconds, before it retreated into the wall cloud. Both funnels were captured on film.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 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
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- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
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- Rip Current in Florida, July 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Maryland, 1996Warnings in Maryland, July 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: 5568220.