Maryland, 2019

High Wind in Maryland, November 27, 2019

November 27, 2019 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

With a strong pressure gradient across the region (due to a deepening low pressure system over the Great Lakes), deep low-level mixing, and jet dynamics, high winds were experienced across the region. Wind gusts of 45-50 mph were measured across the region for sites below 2,000 ft.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 PBZ wrote it up.

With a strong pressure gradient across the region (due to a deepening low pressure system over the Great Lakes), deep low-level mixing, and jet dynamics, high winds were experienced across the region.

Wind gusts of 45-50 mph were measured across the region for sites below 2,000 ft. For sites in the ridges, 50-60 mph wind gusts were experienced. Isolated areas reported power lines and trees down.

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 Nov 26, 3:50 PM EST, 22 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 3:50 PM EST, 22 hours 10 minutes before
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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Garrett

When
November 27, 2:00 PM EST
Where
Garrett forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Unknown

Fifty-five to sixty mile per hour winds were observed in the ridges of MD/WV.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 865734.