Tornado, Carroll
- When
- April 13, 12:47 PM EST to 12:48 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, 1 mi NW of Frizzellburg to 0.83 mi NNW of Frizzellburg
- Rating
- EF1
- Path length
- 0.38 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 39.609, -77.085
A brief EF1 tornado touched down in the 2000 block of Leeward|Drive between Westminster and Taneytown in rural Carroll County, |Maryland during the early afternoon hours of Monday, April 13th, |2020.
The tornado developed on the north end of a small surge in the |line over northwestern Carroll County. Directly under this radar |signature was a path of concentrated and convergent tree damage |spanning no wider than 75 yards and less than half a mile in |length.
Damage was first evident on the ground on the property of a residence|on the west side of Leeward Drive (about a quarter to half mile |south of MD-832 Old Taneytown Road). Many large and healthy |softwood (pine) trees were snapped, and several small trees were |pushed over. The trees fell towards each other in a convergent |manner indicating a rotating vortex in contact with the ground. A |house on the property sustained substantial damage, particularly |to the garage -- both bay doors were pushed inwards and the garage|itself was shifted slightly from the foundation. Multiple |shingles and pieces of the roof were blown off of the home. A |large recreational vehicle at the residence was pushed over and |appears to have been lofted briefly (for a few feet) given the |fact it was sideways and facing the opposite direction from its |initial position.
The tornado crossed Leeward Drive, toppling several more trees and|causing shingle and siding damage at a second residence. No further|damage was evident by the time the path reached MD-832 Old Taneytown|Road.
The damage to the homes (shingle and siding removal, garage|displacement) and trees (healthy softwood trees snapped) as well |as the displacement of the large recreational vehicle, coupled |with the magnitude of velocity and height of debris signatures on |radar are consistent with a tornado rated EF1 with peak winds of |about 90 MPH.