Strong Wind, Northern Baltimore
- When
- September 20, 6:25 PM EST to 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Baltimore forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 39.443, -76.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Maryland, September 20, 1997
Gusty winds, ushering in cooler air, caused minor structural damage to a building that was under construction in Owings Mills. Wooded trusses supporting a roof collapsed; however, the building was located on local high terrain.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- 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.
Gusty winds, ushering in cooler air, caused minor structural damage to a building that was under construction in Owings Mills. Wooded trusses supporting a roof collapsed; however, the building was located on local high terrain. As the front passed through other locations, wind gusts ranged from 25 to 35 mph with a few as high as 40 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail in Colorado, September 20, 1997
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, September 20 to 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 20, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, September 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, September 20, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, September 20, 1997
- Dense Fog in Wyoming, September 20, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 20 to 23, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, September 20, 1997
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: 5618251.