Power Outage in Chestertown, MD

Power lines were downed near Belchester Rd. Time estimated from radar.

Power lines were down near Waldo Dr. Time estimated from radar.

Power lines were downed near Clark Rd. Time estimated from radar.

Several reports of power lines down and widespread power outages in the Worton area. Time estimated from radar.

Several reports of downed power lines in the Fairlee area. Time estimated from radar.

Downed power lines reported in the Worton, Lynch, and Still Pond areas. Time estimated from radar.

Several reports of downed trees and power lines in the area of Johnstown Rd and Quaker Neck Rd in Chestertown. Utility companies reported widespread power outages in the area. Time estimated from radar.

Downed power lines in the Kennedyville area. Time estimated from radar.

Several reports of trees and power lines down along Broad Neck Road and near Island Point. Time based on utility company reports.

Several reports of wires blown down with numerous power outages around Chestertown. Time estimated from radar.

A severe thunderstorm tore down numerous trees and wires as well as transmission poles in western Kent County. Quarter size hail also fell with the severe thunderstorm. About 760 homes and businesses lost power, mainly in the Tolchester Beach area. Power was not restored until the 3rd. A wind gust to 69 mph was measured at the Tolchester Beach C-man station.

The gust front associated with a weakening squall line knocked down a few trees, tree limbs and power lines across central Kent County.

As the squall line of severe thunderstorms moved through Kent County, several trees and wires were knocked down in the eastern part of the county. About 280 homes and businesses lost power because of the severe weather.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees and wires in and around Chestertown. Power was lost at some homes and businesses for up to 10 hours.

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms that preceded a cold front moved through the Eastern Shore during the late afternoon and early evening of the 12th. Most of the wind damage occurred in Caroline County. Nearly 4,500 customers lost power on the Eastern Shore. Delmarva Power and Light had to replace some cross arms and utility poles. Power was not fully restored until the early morning of the 13th.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees and large limbs and caused power outages in and around Rock Hall.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees and power lines in Rock Hall.

A severe thunderstorm pulled down several trees and power lines in Kent County from Rock Hall east through Galena. In Rock Hall, trees as wide as 4 to 5 feet at their base were snapped. Shingles were torn from one home. A boat was blown from the bay inland. In Galena, a store front sign was torn down.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees and wires in Rock Hall. The series of severe thunderstorms knocked out power to about 5,500 Conectiv Energy and Choptank Electric Cooperative customers in the Delmarva Peninsula.

A line of severe thunderstorms knocked down numerous trees and power lines from Chestertown south in Kent County.

A severe thunderstorm tore down numerous trees throughout Kent County. The thunderstorm tore away a wall of a screened porch in Chestertown. Conectiv Energy reported about 6,200 of its customers lost power in the Eastern Shore when the severe thunderstorm cluster moved through.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees and numerous power lines in and around Skinners Neck.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees in Chestertown and in the southwestern part of Kent County. One downed tree damaged a vehicle in Chestertown. The downed trees caused power outages in Chestertown.

A lightning strike fried the main circuit breaker of Washington College within Chestertown. Power was not restored until the evening of the 15th.

Most of Chestertown lost power after lightning struck two major Conectiv Energy facilities and a transmission line was also damaged. Power was restored around Noon EDT on the second. Lightning and damaging winds caused 18,000 Conectiv customers along the Maryland Eastern Shore to lose power.

A pair of severe thunderstorms knocked down trees and power lines in the western half of Kent County. Several roads were blocked because of downed trees. The high winds in combination with the lightning caused power outages that affected 18,000 Conectiv customers in the Maryland Eastern Shore. All power in Kent County was restored by noon EDT on the 2nd.

A line of severe thunderstorms knocked down several trees and power lines across the northern half of Kent County. One tree fell on and damaged a home near Golts. Downed trees blocked one road around Galena.

A severe thunderstorm dropped hail as large as walnuts in the Rock Hall and Piney Neck areas of Kent County and damaged crops. One farm lost 30 percent of its 90 acre soybean crop and the farm's corn crop looked as though it went through a shredder. The severe thunderstorm also tore down branches in the county. Conectiv Energy reported about 10,000 customers throughout the Eastern Shore lost power the evening and night of the 14th because of the severe thunderstorms. The same evening a boater was struck and injured by lightning in Rock Hall. The man was just past a jetty in the harbor fronting the marina when he was climbing a ladder from the lower to the upper deck. The jolt knocked him off the ladder.