Maryland, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 1, 2002

August 1, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 3 events in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 1, 2:18 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:18 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
318 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002

THE BIG STORY IS THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.  THE MODELS HAVE A WEAK FRONT MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT WHICH COULD KICK OFF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  IF
ANYTHING DOES DEVELOP...IT SHOULD BE VERY SCATTERED AS MOISTURE
LEVELS ARE MARGINAL UPPER DYNAMICS ARE WEAK.  THE LATEST MODEL RUN
HAS CUT BACK THE MOISTURE FROM PREVIOUS AND AS DRY AS WE ARE THIS
TREND COULD CONTINUE WITH ADDITIONAL RUNS.

MOS TEMP FORECASTS LOOK GOOD FOR THIS SITUATION.

FCSTID =   66
PIT   70  92  65  87 /  10  30  30  10
HLG   70  92  66  88 /  10  30  30  10
MGW   69  93  67  88 /  10  30  30  20
ZZV   71  93  67  90 /  10  30  30  20
PHD   70  93  66  89 /  10  30  30  20
FKL   67  89  62  85 /  10  30  30  10
DUJ   66  88  62  85 /  10  30  30  10
LBE   69  91  65  87 /  10  30  30  10
BTP   69  91  65  87 /  10  30  30  10
IDI   68  90  65  86 /  10  30  30  10
ODM   63  90  60  84 /  10  30  30  20

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

CAT

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Garrett

When
August 1, 5:40 PM EST
Where
Garrett County, Friendsville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.667, -79.417

Hail, Garrett

When
August 1, 5:50 PM EST
Where
Garrett County, Accident
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.633, -79.333

Thunderstorm Wind, Garrett

When
August 1, 6:15 PM EST
Where
Garrett County, Altamont
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.433, -79.283

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5312839, 5312840, 5312841.