High Wind, Anne Arundel
- When
- February 27, 1:00 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Anne Arundel forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 38.994, -76.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Maryland, February 27, 1997
Southerly winds, gusting to approximately 60 mph, caused scattered minor to moderate damage at residences in Pasadena, Maryland, during the mid to late afternoon. Several homes sustained exterior damage, including stripped siding, gutters, and shutters.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
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 LWX wrote it up.
Southerly winds, gusting to approximately 60 mph, caused scattered minor to moderate damage at residences in Pasadena, Maryland, during the mid to late afternoon. Several homes sustained exterior damage, including stripped siding, gutters, and shutters. Scattered trees and large limbs were also downed.At a "yacht yard" in "Annapolis, gusty winds blew one large boat off its stand, causing a domino effect which damaged three nearby boats. A catamaran was flipped near the mouth of the Magothy River when a mast broke. The two men on board were uninjured. Estimated wind gusts were 45 mph. Baltimore Gas and Electric reported just over 2000 customers without power during the afternoon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Michigan, February 27, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, February 1997
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: 5603769.