Funnel Cloud, Caroline
- When
- April 28, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Clouds in Maryland, April 28, 2002
The strength of the LaPlata (Charles County) Tornado was evident across Easton and Talbot Counties. The same tornadic thunderstorm passed across Dorchester County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The strength of the LaPlata (Charles County) Tornado was evident across Easton and Talbot Counties. The same tornadic thunderstorm passed across Dorchester County. The outflow from the thunderstorm and tornado dropped cancelled checks, assessment documents, bank documents, tax documents and teller receipts from LaPlata across Federalsburg (Caroline County), Oxford (Talbot County) and Easton (Talbot County). Federalsburg is 66 miles east of LaPlata.
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 Apr 28, 1:45 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 1:45 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 245 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 CONTINUED SVR WX THREAT THIS EVENING. WARM HUMID AIR SEPA/CENTRAL NJ ON SOUTH WITH DWPTS >60. CLOUDS ALSO BEGINNING TO THIN AND CLEARING IN CENTRAL PA SHOULD MOVE OVER THE AREA FOR SOME SUNSHINE JUST BEFORE SUNSET. WILL GO FOR LIKELY TSTMS THIS EVENING WITH PSBL DAMAGING WINDS. THEN DRIER AIR MOVES IN LATE TNGT. MON...COLD ADVCNT SHWERS PSBL NORTH WITH SPRINKLES S AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH IN THE AFTN. MON NIGHT...DRY AGAIN. TUE...WARM ADVCNT AND AN EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE COULD TRIGGER AFTN SHWERS MAINLY N. GUIDANCE TEMPS GENLY OK. .PHI...SML CRAFT ADVY CST AND DE BAY. RNS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:23 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
NJZ001-007>010-012>020-026-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-290200- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 523 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN PENNSYLVANIA... CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER... MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA. IN NEW JERSEY... SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX. .. MERCER...MONMOUTH...BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND SALEM. WARM UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. STORMS WHICH FORMED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MPH. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOST OF NEW JERSEY AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE TO KEEP ABREAST OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS. JJM
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:00 PM EST, 2 hours before
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-290200- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 600 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NEW JERSEY... CAPE MAY...CUMBERLAND AND ATLANTIC. IN DELAWARE... NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX. IN MARYLAND... CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...CAROLINE AND TALBOT ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.... IN PENNSYLVANIA... CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER... MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA. IN NEW JERSEY... SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX... MERCER...MONMOUTH...BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER AND SALEM. WARM UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. STORMS WHICH FORMED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MPH. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOST OF NEW JERSEY AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND DELMARVA. MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE TO KEEP ABREAST OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Talbot
- When
- April 28, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 28, 2002
- Tornado in Illinois, April 28, 2002
- Tornado in Ohio, April 28, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 28, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, April 28, 2002
- Tornado in Illinois, April 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, April 28, 2002
More
Every storm in Maryland in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, April 2002
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: 5292631, 5292632.