Storm History: Worcester County, Maryland
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Worcester 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
- 499
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $18 million
- Episodes
- 309
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 94 | 0 | 0 | $312,000 |
| Winter Weather | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 61 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Hail | 48 | 0 | 0 | $282,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 45 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Flash Flood | 40 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Tornado | 32 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Tropical Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| High Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Coastal Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $9.0 million |
| Rip Current | 13 | 13 | 1 | |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | $42,000 |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Rip Current, September 17, 2014
- Rip Current, July 3, 2006
- Rip Current, June 2, 2014
- Rip Current, June 13, 2014
- Rip Current, August 26, 2014
- Rip Current, May 23, 2021
- Rip Current, July 4, 2021
- Rip Current, July 16, 2021
- Rip Current, August 4, 2021
- Rip Current, May 6, 2023
- Rip Current, September 6, 2023
- Rip Current, August 8, 2025
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- High Wind, September 1, 2006
- Coastal Flood, January 27, 1998
- Coastal Flood, February 4, 1998
- Coastal Flood, November 12, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 6, 1996
- Flood, October 9, 2016
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Tornado, May 13, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Hail, June 2, 1998
- Tornado, August 7, 2017
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 13, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2024
- Tropical Storm, October 8, 1996
- Tornado, August 1, 2016
- Tornado, May 4, 1958
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 episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Strong Wind, October 12, 2025
- Coastal Flood, October 12, 2025
- Strong Wind, September 16, 2025
- Coastal Flood, August 21, 2025
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2025
- Rip Current, August 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Hail, May 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2024
- Heavy Rain, May 14, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2024
- Tropical Storm, September 22, 2023
- Heavy Rain, September 22, 2023
- Rip Current, September 6, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2023
- Rip Current, May 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Hail, June 2, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 5, 2021
- Rip Current, August 4, 2021
- Rip Current, July 16, 2021
- Heavy Rain, July 9, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 8, 2021
- Rip Current, July 4, 2021
- Heavy Rain, June 11, 2021
- Rip Current, May 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Heavy Rain, December 4, 2020
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 29, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 17, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Flood, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2019
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 10, 2019
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2019
- Tornado, April 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2019
- Flood, October 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2018
- High Wind, October 11, 2018
- Flood, July 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Flood, May 19, 2018
- Flood, May 18, 2018
- Heavy Rain, May 17, 2018
- Heavy Rain, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Blizzard, January 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2017
- Heavy Rain, August 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2017
- Tornado, August 7, 2017
- Heavy Rain, July 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Flood, October 9, 2016
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 28, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 19, 2016
- Flood, September 19, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2016
- Tornado, August 1, 2016
- Heavy Rain, July 29, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2016
- High Wind, January 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2016
- Heavy Rain, November 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Rip Current, September 17, 2014
- Rip Current, August 26, 2014
- Rip Current, June 13, 2014
- Rip Current, June 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2014
- Heavy Rain, May 16, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2013
- Heavy Rain, July 12, 2013
- Heavy Rain, July 11, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2013
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Heavy Rain, August 26, 2012
- Flood, August 25, 2012
- Heat, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2012
- Tornado, September 15, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, July 19, 2011
- Heavy Rain, June 27, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 27, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2010
- Hail, June 24, 2010
- Heavy Rain, March 29, 2010
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2010
- Coastal Flood, November 12, 2009
- High Wind, November 12, 2009
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2009
- Hail, July 27, 2009
- Hail, May 29, 2009
- Hail, May 4, 2009
- Hail, April 6, 2009
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2009
- Strong Wind, December 31, 2008
- Heavy Rain, December 10, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2008
- Hail, June 23, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2008
- Hail, May 31, 2008
- Coastal Flood, May 12, 2008
- High Wind, May 11, 2008
- Strong Wind, March 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2008
- Strong Wind, February 10, 2008
- Strong Wind, November 3, 2007
- Heavy Rain, October 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Strong Wind, May 6, 2007
- Winter Weather, March 7, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2007
- High Wind, September 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Tornado, July 5, 2006
- Rip Current, July 3, 2006
- Hail, June 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2005
- Heavy Rain, July 8, 2005
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2004
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 24, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2003
- Strong Wind, April 10, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2002
- Tornado, May 13, 2002
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2002
- Hail, May 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2000
- Hail, April 21, 2000
- Hail, April 21, 2000
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Worcester CountyEvery warning in Worcester 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.