Thunderstorm Wind, Talbot
- When
- August 30, 3:05 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot County, Cordova
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.883, -76.000
Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 30, 2001
A SKYWARN Spotter measured a wind gust to 60 mph during a severe thunderstorm in Cordova. Several trees were knocked down.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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 SKYWARN Spotter measured a wind gust to 60 mph during a severe thunderstorm in Cordova. Several trees were knocked down. The storm also produced heavy rain as 1.91 inches fell during it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 30, 2:30 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:30 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 330 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001 RADAR MOSAIC PAINTING ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA WHERE THE JUICIEST AIR RESIDES. BEST STORMS FIRING UP OVER DELMARVA. WARM FRONT TO LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA THE NEXT 18 TO 24 HOURS AS COLD FRONT NOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES APPROACHES EAST COAST. NORTHERN CWA WILL SEE AND INCREASE IN DEW POINTS AS WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH. DOESN/T APPEAR WE/LL SEE DP/S IN THE 50S...LIKE THIS MORNING...AGAIN UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WILL THROW IN MENTION OF PATCHY FOG AND HAZE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. WOULDN/T BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME PATCHY OVERCAST BY MORNING AS MOST OF CWA SHOULD CLEAR OUT NICELY TONIGHT ALLOWING MINIMAL T/DP SPREADS. H5 POLAR VORTEX STILL SITTING NEAR HUDSON BAY WITH ANOTHER OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. RIDGING WITH FAIR AMPLIFICATION IN BETWEEN WILL HELP BRING SOME COOLER...LESS STICKY CONDITIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HAVE SLOWED DOWN PRECIPITATION WITH THIS PACKAGE HOLDING IT OFF FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA UNTIL THIRD PERIOD. APPEARS COLD FRONT WILL HAVE LITTLE TROUBLE CLEARING THE ENTIRE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY UNLIKE RECENT FRONTS WHICH HAVE HUNG UP. BEST DYNAMICS STILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH THOUGH WITH MAIN S/W. PRECIPITABLE WATERS REMAIN IMPRESSIVE AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. 12Z PROGS INDICATE 1.50-2.00 INCH AMOUNTS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS LEVEL OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE COULD EASILY PRODUCE ISOLATED 3.00-4.00 INCH AMOUNTS WITH THUNDERSTORMS. BEST CAPES ARE PROGGED AWAY FROM ANY MARINE INFLUENCE AND WHERE MOST WARMING IS EXPECTED. PER 12Z ETA...1300 TO 2000 J/KG COULD BE A LITTLE UNDERDONE...CONSIDERING WE/RE EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON. H8 JET ISN/T TERRIBLY EXCITING...25-30 KTS. THE EXTENDED LOOKS DRY ATTM AS AFOREMENTIONED POLAR CIRCULATIONS EITHER FILL OR MOVE EAST. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A MORE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER STATES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW NORMAL. FCSTID = 29 MPO 64 80 56 71 / 20 50 40 10 ABE 66 83 60 76 / 20 40 50 10 RDG 66 83 60 76 / 20 40 50 10 PHL 71 88 67 81 / 20 30 40 30 12N 64 80 56 71 / 20 50 40 10 SMQ 69 85 64 80 / 20 30 50 20 TTN 69 85 64 80 / 20 30 50 20 MIV 71 87 67 80 / 20 20 40 30 ACY 71 87 66 80 / 20 20 40 30 ILG 71 87 67 80 / 20 20 40 30 DOV 71 88 67 81 / 20 20 40 30 GED 71 88 67 81 / 20 20 40 30 ESN 71 88 67 81 / 20 20 40 30 .PHI... DE...NONE. MD...NONE. NJ...NONE. PA...NONE. KRUZDLO
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
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: 5268791.