Strong Wind, Caroline
- When
- March 6, 5:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6, 1997
A rapidly intensifying low pressure system and the pressure difference between it and a high pressure system over the Upper Plains caused very strong winds across the Maryland Eastern Shore from the early morning until sunset on the 6th. The strongest wind gusts reached around 50 mph and pulled down some weak tree limbs and wires.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Floods
- Wind
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- 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
- 5
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 PHI wrote it up.
A rapidly intensifying low pressure system and the pressure difference between it and a high pressure system over the Upper Plains caused very strong winds across the Maryland Eastern Shore from the early morning until sunset on the 6th. The strongest wind gusts reached around 50 mph and pulled down some weak tree limbs and wires. Delmarva Power and Light reported about 3,000 customers lost power across the peninsula with the most reports in Maryland in Cecil County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Cecil
- When
- March 6, 5:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cecil forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Kent
- When
- March 6, 5:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Queen Annes
- When
- March 6, 5:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Talbot
- When
- March 6, 5:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New York, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 6, 1997
- High Wind in New York, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Virginia, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, March 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1997
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, March 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: 5599633, 5599634, 5599635, 5599636, 5599637.