Power Outage in Denton, MD

Downed trees and power lines near Blades Road in Choptank. Time estimated from radar.

Power lines were downed in the Concord area. Time estimated from radar.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees and utility poles in and around Denton. Choptank Electric reported about 2,600 of its Caroline County customers lost power. Delmarva Power and Light reported additional outages. It took until around 4 a.m. EDT on the 13th to fully restore power in Caroline County.

A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage across several municipalities in Caroline County. Numerous trees and wires were knocked down, some were greater than 100 years old. Choptank Electric and Delmarva Power and Light reported about 3,000 homes and businesses lost power in the county. Power was not fully restored until 5 a.m. EDT on the 26th. In Denton, the porch railings were ripped away from one home and porch furniture was tossed two hundred feet. Numerous trees were knocked down from Asbury off of Maryland State Route 328 southeast through the Caroline Country Club. In Federalsburg, the damaging winds caused roof damage to one home and Henry's Furniture Store. Dover Doppler Radar was measuring winds of around 85 mph at 1,300 feet above Denton.

A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage across several municipalities in Caroline County. Numerous trees and wires were knocked down, some were greater than 100 years old. Choptank Electric and Delmarva Power and Light reported about 3,000 homes and businesses lost power in the county. Power was not fully restored until 5 a.m. EDT on the 26th. In Denton, the porch railings were ripped away from one home and porch furniture was tossed two hundred feet. Numerous trees were knocked down from Asbury off of Maryland State Route 328 southeast through the Caroline Country Club. In Federalsburg, the damaging winds caused roof damage to one home and Henry's Furniture Store. Dover Doppler Radar was measuring winds of around 85 mph at 1,300 feet above Denton.

A potent low pressure system in the Ohio Valley during the early morning hours of May 11th moved eastward and gradually weakened. A secondary low formed over northeastern North Carolina during the late afternoon on the 11th and eventually absorbed the other low pressure system, becoming the dominant storm. This storm gradually moved east northeastward late on the 11th into the 12th. Early on the morning of the 12th, the storm was centered over the southern Delmarva. As this storm strengthened fairly rapidly, a strong northeast wind developed and persisted through the evening of the 12th. The prolonged northeast flow combined with heavy rain, caused some areas of flooding. There was limited moisture inland from the center of the storm, however an abundance of moisture wrapped into Eastern Maryland. By the evening of the 12th, the coastal storm tracked eastward and gradually moved away from the region.||Utility companyies reported more than 50,000 customers were without power in Maryland. Delmarva Power reported that crews had to deal with downed wires caused by fallen trees and limbs, and flooding of area roads hampered service restoration efforts. On the 12th, both the elementary and middle schools in Rock Hall (Kent County) were dismissed at 9:30 AM EDT, as power was lost. In the Millington-Massey area (Kent County), power was lost on the 12th for about three hours after a tree was knocked over onto power lines. On the 12th, high water covered Route 19 on the south side of Church Hill (Queen Anne���s County). ||Some peak wind gusts included: 47 mph at Ridgely; 45 mph at Easton; and 44 mph at Chesapeake City. Some rainfall totals included: 3.10 inches in Royal Oak; 3.09 inches in St. Michaels; 2.88 inches in Easton; 2.81 inches in Bellevue; 2.64 inches in Stevensville; 2.36 inches in Greensboro; 2.30 inches in Cordova; and 1.80 inches in Federalsburg.

A severe thunderstorm tore down a few trees and power lines throughout Caroline County.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a tree, large limbs and wires in Henderson. The combination of lightning strikes and high winds also caused scattered power outages in Federalsburg, Preston and Reliance.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees and wires down in Preston and from Denton south to near Federalsburg. About 5,500 Conectiv Energy and Choptank Cooperative Electric customers lost power because of the severe thunderstorms across the Delmarva Peninsula that afternoon and evening.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees in Ridgely. Conectiv Energy reported about 6,200 of its customers lost power in the Eastern Shore when the cluster of severe thunderstorms moved through.

A line of severe thunderstorms knocked down trees from Preston to Denton in Caroline County. Conectiv Energy reported about 20,000 of its customers on the Delmarva Peninsula lost power because of the frequent lightning and/or the high winds knocking down trees and tree limbs.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and power lines in Bethlehem.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and power lines in and around Denton. The line of severe storms knocked out power to 18,000 Conectiv customers along the Maryland Eastern Shore.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees and numerous limbs and wires in southern parts of Caroline County. Conectiv Energy reported about 10,000 customers lost power throughout the Maryland Eastern Shore the evening and night of the 14th. The following night, the combination of the high winds and the heavy rain loosening the ground was too much for one large tree. A Big Tooth Aspen, the largest in the state of Maryland, fell down in Williston.