Strong Wind, Harford
- When
- January 28, 12:00 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harford forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Strong Wind in Maryland, January 28, 2004
High winds and ice laden power lines led to wide spread outages across Harford County on the 28th. Nearly 70 thousand customers were without power.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- 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.
High winds and ice laden power lines led to wide spread outages across Harford County on the 28th. Nearly 70 thousand customers were without power. Wind gusts up to 40 mph were reported across Northeast Maryland. Emergency shelters were opened, and power was finally restored late in the evening.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Illinois, January 28 to 29, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 28 to 31, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 28, 2004
- Cold in Nebraska, January 28, 2004
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in New York, January 28, 2004
- Cold in Iowa, January 28, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 28, 2004
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 28 to 31, 2004
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 28, 2004
More
Every storm in Maryland in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, January 2004
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5381986.