Strong Wind, Frederick
- When
- November 2, 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Frederick County, Walkersville
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 39.472, -77.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Maryland, November 2, 1997
A line of showers associated with a cold front produced gusty winds in excess of 30 mph across portions of north central Maryland during the morning of the 2nd. Just south of Mt Airy, one large, healthy tree was blown down, just missing a nearby home.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $16,000
- 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 line of showers associated with a cold front produced gusty winds in excess of 30 mph across portions of north central Maryland during the morning of the 2nd. Just south of Mt Airy, one large, healthy tree was blown down, just missing a nearby home. In Walkersville (Frederick Co), a deteriorating, aging silo on a local farm began tipping over the previous night, and winds on the 2nd brought it down.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Howard
- When
- November 2, 9:45 AM EST
- Where
- Howard County, Long Corner
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 39.251, -76.931 (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
- Tornado in Florida, November 2, 1997
- Strong Wind in New York, November 2, 1997
- Hurricane in Guam, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, November 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, November 2, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in North Dakota, November 2 to 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 2, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in Iowa, November 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, November 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: 5623130, 5623129.