Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- April 22, 12:58 PM EST to 12:59 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 1.43 mi SE of Poolesville to 1.39 mi ESE of Poolesville
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 0.44 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 39.136, -77.401
On Saturday afternoon at 1:58 PM EDT, an EF-0 tornado touched down in Poolesville, MD. This tornado was brief, only being on the ground until 1:59 PM EDT. It had estimated 75 MPH winds with a path length of 0.4 miles and path width approximately 50 yards.
Damage was sporadic along its path. The first evidence of damage was near the intersection of Fisher Avenue and Spates Hill Road, where a residence in the 17000 block of Spates Hill Road had three cedar trees blown down in a unidirectional orientation. This was likely the rear flank downdraft of the storm that initiated the formation of the tornado..
The first evidence of tornadic damage was in the 17100 block of Campbell Farm Road. Here, several single family home residences suffered tree damage, with downed and snapped trees, along with an air conditioning unit and a temporary metal trailer moved from their foundations.
The tornado briefly lifted before producing damage to trees near the intersection of Wootton Avenue and Hempstone Court. Here, large limbs of trees were snapped in different directions, along with trees being uprooted in a direction opposite of the storm motion.
The tornado briefly lifted, before touching down again for the final time at the interface between the western portion of L.M. Stevens Park and the backyards of several single family homes along the 19100 block of Dowden Circle. Here, there were two softwood trees uprooted falling to the northwest, with another softwood tree snapped. One utility shed was damaged by a tree that fell onto it. One home incurred damage with a large limb that blew onto the deck. A wooden fence was blown over to the northwest. Leaf debris was observed on all four sides of one of the residences. An apple tree was snapped, with the losse top coming to rest towards the east, which was the opposite direction of other damage in that immediate area.