Power Outage in Georgetown, MD

Tornado. A severe thunderstorm produced an EF1 tornado just east of Rising Sun, MD in Cecil County Saturday evening April 1 2023 between 6:34 PM and 6:41 PM EDT. The severe thunderstorm formed as a result of a multi-cell cluster of thunderstorms that formed ahead of a cold front passage late Saturday afternoon. As the cell moved east of Rising Sun, it began to show signs of rotation.||The tornado touched down in Plumpton Park Zoo, downing a few dozen trees. It then |proceeded to near the village of Calvert, just east of Chandlee Road and its intersection with Telegraph Road/MD-273 where three wooden power poles were snapped. The tornado continued to move east along Telegraph Road and caused uprooted and snapped hardwood and softwood trees near Rosebank United Methodist Church. The tornado then moved to the southeast and resulted in extensive tree and minor structural damage in the vicinity of Calvert Regional Park, Cecil Arena, and Rising Sun High School. Over 100 trees were damaged in this area with numerous softwood and hardwood trees being uprooted and snapped. The area was littered with small tree debris. Damage to fencing was observed along with shingles being removed, soffit, fascia, and siding damaged, and other minor structural damage to homes and businesses. At the Calvert Regional Park, portable toilets were broken into several smaller parts and moved more than 300 yards into fields to the north of the storm's track. Also, off North East Road, a wooden power pole was snapped along with several trees downed and a sign blown off the Cecil Arena. The tornado moved further east toward Dr. Miller Road where a small barn collapsed and was moved approximately 50 yards into a field as a result. Additional softwood and hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped along Blue Ball Road with two sheds being moved approximately 100|yards into a field. As the tornado moved to the northeast and began to occlude, additional hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and snapped between Blue Ball Road and Telegraph Road.||The Federal Aviation Administration's Terminal Doppler Weather Radar in Pennsauken Township, NJ depicted a tight velocity couplet that corresponded to the path of the damage described above.||Additional scattered tree damage in northern Cecil County, MD was determined to be caused by straight-line winds.

April 01, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. There were several calls for trees and power lines blown down around Woodlawn, including on Principio Road, Jackson Park Road, and Liberty Grove Road.

April 01, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. There were numerous calls for trees and power lines blown down along roadways north and east of Perryville, including on MD-222 Perryville Road, Jackson Station Road, Saint Marks Church Road, and Tiller Farm Lane.

April 01, 2023

Tornado. Staff from NOAAs National Weather Service (NWS) |Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office performed a survey |of storm damage that occurred in Cecil County MD from Port Deposit|to Woodlawn, on the afternoon of Monday November 30, 2020. This |survey, coupled with radar analysis from the NWS's KLWX WSR-88D |and the FAAs TBWI Doppler Weather Radars, concluded that a |tornado rated EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with max winds of |95 mph struck between 2:37 PM and 2:42 PM EST. The tornado had a |path length of 3.4 miles producing consistent damage, with a path |width of up to 75 yards. The tornado was moving north-northeast at|approximately 40 MPH.||The first reported damage was along Bainbridge Road near the |intersection with Frenchtown Road, about 1 mile east of the town |center of Port Deposit, MD, where several trees were uprooted and |snapped near a residence. Tree damage continued into the woods |northeast of the property, where tops of some trees were snapped |and twisted. The storm moved to the northeast, uprooting more |trees along Craigtown Road near the intersection with Perrylawn |Drive. Reports from the day before noted more trees were down |prior to our ground survey, but had to be cleared from roadways. |Numerous trees were reported down behind the convenience store at |that intersection.||The tornado continued towards the northeast through a large field|before reaching Jackson Park Road. Along that road there was |evidence of powerline damage, where new poles had just been |installed near a residence. Additionally, there was tree debris in|the yard, but the direction of fall could not be determined in |this area. The tornado continued northeast, passing over a |residence on Theodore Road where multiple trees were snapped, |uprooted, and twisted in multiple directions. Additionally, there |was a power pole replaced in front of the home that was confirmed |to have been snapped during the tornado. ||The tornado strengthened as it continued northeast, and moved |into communities along Hopewell Road. The most severe damage noted|occurred to homes on Hopewell Court and Bullet Street, where |there was structural damage noted to several homes. Damage |included shingle and siding damage, and a garage door bent inward.|The strongest wind noted lifted off and removed the front porch |awning of one home???s roof. The debris was blown over and behind |the home. In addition to the structural damage here, there were |several trees uprooted and snapped in various directions. One tree|fell onto and crushed a back porch. A resident on Hopewell Court |reported seeing the tornado as it went by her home. Based on the|damage, winds were estimated to have peaked here at 95 MPH.||Finally, there was tree damage observed along Twin Lakes Road, |just northeast of the previous two streets noted. The tornado then|moved off into a large field and lifted. At the next crossing of |Hopewell Road to the northeast, there were no signs of damage. |Therefore, the survey concludes that the path ended in the |vicinity of Twin Lakes Road.

November 30, 2020

Thunderstorm Wind. Several trees and power lines were downed in the area. Time estimated from radar.

August 28, 2020