Power Outage in Columbia, MD
Last report: February 17, 2025
Here's How to Report Power Outage in Columbia
To report a power outage in Columbia, Maryland, located in Howard County, please contact your local utility company using the following methods:
Baltimore Gas and Electric
First Energy
Contacts listed above can be used to report power outages in the following ZIP codes: 21044, 21045, 21046.
Recent Weather Related Causes of Power Outages in Howard County
Thunderstorm Wind. A tree was blown down on US-40 Baltimore National Pike at Tyson Road. Power lines were down in the 4600 block of South Leisure Road.
March 28, 2021
Thunderstorm Wind. Trees blew down onto power lines near the intersection of Beechwood Road and Bonnie Branch Road. A tree blew down on MD-144 Frederick Road near Oella Avenue.
August 12, 2020
Tornado. An EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum wind speeds around 100 mph, occurred Thursday May 30th 2019 near Glenelg, Maryland. At 3:20 PM EDT (2:20 PM EST), the tornado touched down in a residential community west of Glenelg between Meriweather Drive and Edgewoods Way. As the tornado was passing through the community, it ripped sections of roofing deck off homes. It also snapped and uprooted trees and |large branches, and lofted loose objects hundreds of feet. Moving east-southeast, it crossed over Tridelphia Road and other nearby roads, downing large trees and power lines. As it reached Maryland Route 32 it downed a swath of trees on both sides of the road before moving over and just north of a Howard County Highway Maintenance facility. At the facility, the tornado ripped off its tin roofing, damaged some roof framing, tore a large section of fabric from a salt dome, destroyed garage bay |doors, damaged fencing, and continued to snap and uproot large trees along its path. |Continuing along, it snapped and uprooted large trees in residential areas along Buckskin Lake Drive, Folly Quarter Lane, and Heritage Hill Lane. It also ripped off a section of barn roofing. The tornado lifted at 3:27 PM EDT (2:27 PM EST), over a farm property before it reached Sheppard Lane.
May 30, 2019
Tornado. A tornado touched down in extreme northwestern Howard County, Maryland, approximately 1 mile south of Interstate 70/US-40/Baltimore National Pike at 8:19 PM EDT. Several wooden power poles were snapped along Penn Shop Road just east of MD-27/Ridge Road, indicative of winds over 100 MPH. The path continued northeastward into Carroll County.
November 02, 2018
Thunderstorm Wind. Multiple power lines were downed near the intersection of Ten Oaks Road and Linden Church Road. A tree was also blown down in the 7000 block of Mink Hollow Road.
November 02, 2018
Power Outage Related Posts on X from Columbia, Maryland
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@josephcmurray - December 24, 2022 01:07
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@grid_events - November 11, 2022 17:15
Ellicott City, MD (5:44 PM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Out… https://t.co/gjCif2Fxhe
@grid_events - August 04, 2022 22:00
Unexpected day off work due to power outages in College Park from last night’s storm. Decided to catch a morning ma… https://t.co/gqcqHw3Boq
@ericjdesigns - July 13, 2022 15:14
Over 62,000 in Baltimore area without power after Tuesday’s severe thunderstorms https://t.co/SqwzjGv6o0 #HoCoMD
@Steven_Sager - July 13, 2022 13:35