Tornado, Washington
- When
- June 19, 6:30 AM EST to 6:32 AM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Hagerstown to 3 mi W of Hagerstown
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -77.770
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 19, 1998
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed along a warm front during the early morning, producing wind damage near Hagerstown and Frederick within an hour. A small tornado touched down briefly along Hopewell Road between Hagerstown and Williamsport, knocking several Bradford pear trees down and an additional 10 larger trees in nearby Doub's Woods Park.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $13,000
- 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.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed along a warm front during the early morning, producing wind damage near Hagerstown and Frederick within an hour. A small tornado touched down briefly along Hopewell Road between Hagerstown and Williamsport, knocking several Bradford pear trees down and an additional 10 larger trees in nearby Doub's Woods Park. One tree fell onto a car. Several eyewitnesses noted a "swirling black mass" as the storm passed. In Frederick Co, a few trees fell between Urbana and New Market.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Frederick
- When
- June 19, 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Frederick County, Urbana to New Market
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -77.350
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, June 19, 1998
- Heat in Louisiana, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, June 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in Montana, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Maryland, 1998Warnings in Maryland, June 1998
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: 5658465, 5658466.