Tornado, Carroll
- When
- September 28, 5:00 PM EST to 5:01 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Silver Run
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -77.050
Tornado in Maryland, September 28, 1996
A brief gustnado touched down in northern Carroll Co, causing substantial damage to a barn, garage, and outbuilding, and blew out windows at an adjacent farm house. Several trees and limbs were also down, and power was knocked out to local residents.
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
- $75,000
- 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.
A brief gustnado touched down in northern Carroll Co, causing substantial damage to a barn, garage, and outbuilding, and blew out windows at an adjacent farm house. Several trees and limbs were also down, and power was knocked out to local residents. A neighbor witnessed the tornado, and ducked for cover as it approached. His property had debris strewn about - twisted "like pasta". A 20-foot piece of sheet metal was found on his property. Another neighbor reported smaller pieces of sheet metal on her property.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 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, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1996
- Flooding in North Carolina, September 28, 1996
- High Wind in New York, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Maryland, 1996Warnings in Maryland, September 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: 5572381.