Maryland, 2001

Hail in Maryland, November 25, 2001

November 25, 2001 · NWS LWX · 4 events in 1 county or zone

A thunderstorm with large hail moved across Montgomery County between 3 and 4 PM on the 25th. In Germantown, dime sized hail was reported.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 with large hail moved across Montgomery County between 3 and 4 PM on the 25th. In Germantown, dime sized hail was reported. In Gaithersburg, pea to nickel sized hail fell. In Montgomery Village, hail the size of robin eggs was reported. The largest hail fell in Brookeville where stones the size of golfballs were seen.

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 Nov 25, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
1258 PM EST SUN NOV 25 2001

NEEDED TO ISSUE QUIK UPDT FOR TSTMS THAT HV FIRED UP NR HIGHLND CO
VA IN AREA OF STRNG H8-5 LAPSE RATES...MINIMAL INSTAB /LI NEAR 0/...
SFC CNVGC...AND H5 S/WV. ZNS W/ OF BLURDG RCVD CHC TSRA WRDG. ALL
PRODUCTS OUT. REG SKED PRODUCTS NXT CPL HRS.

.LWX...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ON SOUTHERN MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY.

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The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:35 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Montgomery

When
November 25, 3:35 PM EST
Where
Montgomery County, Germantown
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.183, -77.283

Dime sized hail fell.

Hail, Montgomery

When
November 25, 3:37 PM EST
Where
Montgomery County, Gaithersburg
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.133, -77.200

Pea to nickel sized hail was reported.

Hail, Montgomery

When
November 25, 3:45 PM EST
Where
Montgomery County, Montgomery Vlg
Measured
0.9 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.167, -77.183

Robin egg sized hail fell.

Hail, Montgomery

When
November 25, 3:50 PM EST
Where
Montgomery County, Brookeville
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.183, -77.067

Golfball sized hail fell.

What these are

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

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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: 5272158, 5272159, 5272160, 5272161.