Tornado and Hail in Maryland, July 5, 2001

Name: Tornado and Hail in Maryland, July 5, 2001
Start: 2001-07-05T18:15
End: 2001-07-05T19:30
Location: Maryland

July 5, 2001 · NWS AKQ · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $8,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 1:16 PM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:16 PM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
216 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001

TROF ALOFT WL AMPLIFY INTO NE QTR OF CONUS NEXT 24 HRS...RELAX FOR
START OF THE WKND...THEN RE-AMPLIFY LTR IN THE WKND/ERY NEXT WK.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS NO PROLONGED PD HEAT/HUMIDITY ACRS FA INTO
ERY/MID NEXT WK. UNFORTUNATELY...NO GUARANTEES IN NWLY FLO ALOFT WRT
PCPN EITHER (REALLY HASNT BEEN TOO MUCH PCPN SINCE ERY JUN ACRS FA).

FOR TNGT...STRUGGLING TO KP PCPN CHCS IN FCST AS WSWLY FLO RESULTING
IN GRDLY LLVL DRYING. SFC CDFNT ARRIVES AFT MDNGT (NOT PRIMETIME FOR
CNVTV DVLPMNT). BEST LCTN FOR PSBL CNVTN MIGHT BE LWR MD ERN SHR
(CLSR TO UPR LVL SUPPORT)...OTRW TEMPTED TO JUST GO WITH HIDDEN 20%
AND LET LTR SHIFT UPDT IF NEC.

SUM LINGERING MSTR PSBL SE SXNS ERY FRI...OTRW SUBSIDENCE TAKES OVR
AND AMS DRIES SGFNTLY PRVDG PLSNT SUMMER CONDS (FRI INTO SAT). AMS
COMING IN NOT QUITE AS COOL AS THE ONE ERYR THIS WK...BUT CERTAINLY
NOT THE NRML FOR JULY. ANOTHER SYS DIVING SE FM GREAT LAKES BY SAT
NGT/SUN PRVDS ANOTHER SHOT AT PCPN (ALTHOUGH BEST ACTION MIGHT BE W
OF MTNS ALG PERIPHERY OF HOT RDG CNTRD OVR PLNS STATES. NO BIG WX
SYSTEMS ERY/MID NEXT WK...AND WL KP FCST JUST SEASONABLE/DRY.

CWF: ALL QUIET.

FCSTID = 25
SBY   67  83  56  85 /  30   0   0  10
OXB   70  80  60  82 /  30   0   0  10
ECG   72  82  63  83 /  20  10   0  10
ORF   72  80  66  83 /  20  10   0  10
PHF   68  83  61  86 /  20   0   0  10
AKQ   67  83  60  87 /  20   0   0  10
RIC   65  83  58  86 /  20   0   0  10
FVX   64  84  56  86 /  20   0   0  10

.AKQ...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:53 PM EST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED FOR LOCATION/EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD,VA
653 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0810 PM    MADISON                   MD   TORNADO (F1)
07/04/01   DORCHESTER                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN. ONE
                                          TREE FELL ON HOME.
                                          RECREATIONAL TRAILER
                                          OVERTURNED ONTO ITS
                                          SIDE AGAINST TREE. SEVERAL
                                          CHIMNEYS BROKEN OFF HOUSES.
                                          PATH 1/2 MILE LONG AND 50
                                          YARDS WIDE.REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT AND EM...AND
                                          SURVEYED BY NWS. WINDS
                                          ESTIMATED 70 TO 80 MPH.

0805 PM    MADISON                   MD   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/04/01   DORCHESTER                     1 INCH HAIL LASTED 10
                                          MINUTES.

0830 PM    CAMBRIDGE                 MD   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/04/01   DORCHESTER                     WIDESPREAD 3/4 INCH HAIL.
                                          ESTIMATED 70MPH WIND.
                                          NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES...
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0820 PM    SOUTH CAMBRIDGE           MD   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/01   DORCHESTER                     WILFRED AND CHURCH CREEK
                                          AREA...YARD LAMP POST
                                          FLATTENED...LARGE BRANCHES
                                          WERE BLOWN 300 TO 400 YARDS
                                          FROM HOUSE...BROKEN WINDOW
                                          IN HOUSE.REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT AND EM.

STORM REPORT UPDATED BASED UPON SURVEY OF DAMAGE IN MADISON THIS
AFTERNOON.

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Event by event

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dorchester

When: July 5, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Dorchester County, Cambridge
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.567, -76.083

Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester

When: July 5, 6:20 PM EST
Where: Dorchester County, Cambridge
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.567, -76.083

Tree down on a car.

Hail, Dorchester

When: July 5, 6:40 PM EST
Where: Dorchester County, Linkwood
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.533, -75.950

Tornado, Wicomico

When: July 5, 7:00 PM EST to 7:05 PM EST
Where: Wicomico County, 6 mi NW of Salisbury
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.433, -75.683

Several tree tops snapped or twisted.

Hail, Wicomico

When: July 5, 7:10 PM EST
Where: Wicomico County, Delmar
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.450, -75.567

Thunderstorm Wind, Wicomico

When: July 5, 7:30 PM EST
Where: Wicomico County, Pittsville
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.400, -75.417

Trees down on road.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Maryland in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Maryland, 2001 Warnings in Maryland, July 2001

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: 5262055, 5262056, 5262130, 5262054, 5262131, 5262132.