Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 2, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 2, 2001
Start: 2001-06-02T17:20
End: 2001-06-02T17:20
Location: Maryland

June 2, 2001 · NWS LWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A thunderstorm produced a localized area of high winds over the Westmond and Seneca Chase Subdivisions between 6 and 7 PM EDT on the 2nd. Almost every home on Dowden Circle lost trees and shrubs.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
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.

A thunderstorm produced a localized area of high winds over the Westmond and Seneca Chase Subdivisions between 6 and 7 PM EDT on the 2nd. Almost every home on Dowden Circle lost trees and shrubs. Many large trees were snapped or uprooted and one homeowner lost siding and a deck.

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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001

AT 19Z...WEAK MESO LOW E OF MTNS TURNED WINDS N OVER N 1/2 OF CWA.
THIS CAUSED TDS TO FALL 5 TO 10 DEGREES THERE TODAY. AVN MOS
HANDLING LOWER TDS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S N CWA BEST. EVEN WITH
SUNSHINE MUCH OF TODAY...SKIES SCATTERED OUT WHICH CONFIRMS ATMOS IS
MOISTURE STARVED.

AVN AND ETA SHOWS RH ASSOC WITH FRONT OVER OH PUSHES MOSTLY N OF CWA
TONIGHT. EVEN WITH GOOD UL JET QUAD AND 500/700MB VORT...PRECIP
ALONG FRONT AT 19Z IS SCT AT BEST W OF CWA. THESE DYNAMICS WILL PASS
THRU CWA AROUND 06Z BUT WITH LIMITED RH AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING
THINK ONLY DEBRIS SHRA/TSRA WILL IMPACT MAINLY NW CWA THIS EVE. IN
ADDITION AVN /WHICH IS DOING BEST WITH CURRENT SITU/ HAS <20% POPS
TONIGHT. CURRENT FCST HAS 30-40 POPS CWA WIDE. WILL DROP TO 20 POPS
S CWA AND KEEP 40 POPS IN FAR NW...WITH 30 POPS ELSEWHERE.

SUNDAY FCST LOOKS MORE OPTOMISTIC WITH DOWNSLOPE WINDS KEEPING RH
LEVELS LOW...PTLY/MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED. CAA DROPS 850MB TEMPS
FROM +12 TODAY TO +7 SUN AFT. BY MON...WARM FRONT APPROACHES SW CWA
BY MIDDAY AND PUSHES THRU NE CWA MON NIGHT. INCREASING CLDS WILL
ACCOMPANY FRONT BECAUSE OF STRONG WAA AND BERMUDA HIGH PULLING LOTS
OF GULF MOISTURE OUR WAY. WILL INTRODUCE 30 POP FOR SHRA SW CWA MON
AFT/EVE.

FRONT HANGS UP AROUND MASON DIXON LINE MON NIGHT AS STRONG WAA
CONTINUES. ATMOS SHUD BECOME MOIST/UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR SHRA/TSRA BY
TUE MORNING ENTIRE CWA. WILL HAVE CHANCE SHRA/TSRA ENTIRE CWA TUE.
BY WED...LOW PRES FCST TO DEVELOP ALONG FRONT OVER WV AND PUSH INTO
CWA WED NIGHT. WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS WITH THIS FEATURE. FROPA
EXPECTED THU MORNING...WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS. HI PRES IN CONTROL
FRI AND SAT. TEMPS SLOWLY WARMING THROUGH PERIOD.

FWC/MEX TEMPS LOOKED REASONABLE...DID NOT STRAY FAR.

FCSTID = 36
DCA   61  76  57  81 /  30   0  10  10
BWI   58  75  54  80 /  30   0  10  10
MRB   56  72  50  80 /  40  10  10  10
IAD   57  76  53  80 /  30   0  10  10
CHO   55  76  54  79 /  20   0  10  30
HGR   54  70  48  78 /  40  10  10  10
NHK   62  78  58  80 /  30   0  10  20

.LWX...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

MMARGRAF

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: June 2, 5:20 PM EST
Where: Montgomery County, Poolesville
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.150, -77.417

Numerous trees were downed and a deck was damaged.

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

Every storm in Maryland in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Maryland, June 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: 5254514.