Thunderstorm Wind, Queen Anne'S
- When
- September 7, 1:55 PM EST
- Where
- Queen Anne'S County, Grasonville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -76.220
Damaging Wind in Maryland, September 7, 1998
A severe thunderstorm damaged a few homes and businesses on Kent Island and included Grasonville, Love Point and Thompson Creek. The living room roof of one house was torn off and flew more than 100 feet into the Chester River.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 PHI wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm damaged a few homes and businesses on Kent Island and included Grasonville, Love Point and Thompson Creek. The living room roof of one house was torn off and flew more than 100 feet into the Chester River. The wind blasted out about 24 car windows at one restaurant's parking lot. The picnic tables and part of another restaurant's roof were pulled off. A different restaurant lost part of its roof and a satellite dish. Uprooted trees caused some minor damage to a few other homes on the island. One person caught in Chesapeake Bay, received welts from small hail during the thunderstorm.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tropical Storm in Texas, September 7 to 12, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in New York, September 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, September 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Jersey, September 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, September 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, September 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 7 to 26, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, September 7, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 7, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, September 7 to 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, September 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, September 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: 5673151.