Thunderstorm Wind, Anne Arundel
- When
- July 28, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Anne Arundel County, Annapolis to Severna Park
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -76.500
Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 28, 1997
A bow-echo squall line produced scattered tree and wire damage in the Annapolis/Severna Park section of eastern Anne Arundel Co. At least eight large limbs were downed in Annapolis, with additional tree damage in nearby Severna Park.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 bow-echo squall line produced scattered tree and wire damage in the Annapolis/Severna Park section of eastern Anne Arundel Co. At least eight large limbs were downed in Annapolis, with additional tree damage in nearby Severna Park. The combination of lightning and wind left an estimated 18,000 customers without power immediately after the storm.Farther south, thunderstorm winds produced a swath of scattered damage across central Charles Co. The damage occurred along a 10-mile path from Liverpool Point to just north of La Plata. Some trees, large limbs, and wires were knocked down along area roadways, including Turkey Hill, Spalding, and Hawthorne Drives. In La Plata, indirect storm damage occurred when fallen "hot" wires ignited a fire at an empty warehouse in an industrial park; the building eventually burned to the ground.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles
- When
- July 28, 5:29 PM EST to 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Charles County, Port Tobacco to La Plata
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -77.020
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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: 5611206, 5611207.