Maryland, 2013Damaging Winds in Maryland, January 31, 2013
January 31, 2013 · NWS LWX · 5 events in 2 counties and zones
S. with a surface low pressure center across the eastern Great Lakes.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Events
- 5
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.
A upper level trough was moving eastward and across most of the eastern U.S. with a surface low pressure center across the eastern Great Lakes. A cold front moved through the Mid Atlantic with dew points in the low 60s ahead of frontal passage. A strong low level jet on the eastern side of trough aided in strong winds reaching the surface. Flood and flash flood also occurred along or just ahead of the frontal passage.
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 Jan 31, 12:35 AM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 12:35 AM EST, 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 31, 12:05 AM EST, 52 minutes before
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- When
- January 31, 12:57 AM EST
- Where
- Charles County, 0.21 mi SSW of Pomfret
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 38.577, -77.031
There was a tree down near Marshalls Corner Road and Pomfret Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles
- When
- January 31, 1:18 AM EST
- Where
- Charles County, 1.95 mi S of Dentsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 38.452, -76.904
There was a tree down near the intersection of Penns Hill Road and Marcus Lane.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Mary'S
- When
- January 31, 1:35 AM EST
- Where
- St. Mary'S County, 2.39 mi NNE of Chaptico
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 38.403, -76.767
There was a tree down near Mechanicsville Road and Asher Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles
- When
- January 31, 1:37 AM EST
- Where
- Charles County, 0.13 mi WNW of Bryans Road
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 38.631, -77.072
There was a tree down near 2960 Marshall Hall Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Mary'S
- When
- January 31, 1:52 AM EST
- Where
- St. Mary'S County, 0.84 mi NNE of Oakville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 38.391, -76.644
There was a tree down near Three Notch Road and N. Sandgates Road.
- 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.
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 31, 201310 injured · $400,000 · 1 event
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 31, 2013$630,000 · 70 kt wind · 17 events
- Flooding in Virginia, January 31, 2013$760,000 · 6 events
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 31, 2013$331,000 · 51 kt wind · 7 events
- Flood and High Wind in New York, January 31, 2013$251,000 · 61 kt wind · 10 events
- High Wind in New York, January 31, 2013$150,000 · 55 kt wind · 13 events
- Debris Flow in Washington, January 31, 2013$250,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 31, 2013$180,000 · 68 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 31, 20132 injured · $59,000 · 65 kt wind · 8 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New York, January 31, 2013$90,000 · 50 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 31, 2013$53,000 · 60 kt wind · 17 events
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 31, 2013$70,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events
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: 429164, 429169, 429170, 429171, 429158.