Maryland

Storm History: Garrett County, Maryland

231 episodes, 378 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Garrett County, Maryland: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
378
Deaths
1
Injuries
13
Damage
$10 million
Episodes
231

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind13500$2.5 million
Hail7500$265,000
Flash Flood5500$3.3 million
Flood3900$263,000
Winter Weather2200
Tornado21112$4.1 million
Winter Storm1600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning301$6,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Garrett County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Garrett CountyEvery warning in Garrett County since 1986Every county in Maryland

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.