Power Outage in Port Deposit, MD

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.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down several large tree limbs and a tree in Port Deposit. One tree fell down at the intersection of Maryland State Route 222 and Frenchtown Road and caused a wire fire, power outages and road closure in the area.

A severe thunderstorm produced estimated wind gusts of around 65 mph in Port Deposit. Around 2,300 homes and businesses lost power.

A gust front outrunning a cluster of severe thunderstorms entered near Port Deposit in western Cecil County at approximately 11:27 pm EDT on the 29th. This gust front produced damaging wind gusts estimated from 65 to 70 mph as it traversed eastward across the county. Within approximately 20 minutes of the gust front passage, a potent line of severe thunderstorms tracked eastward into Cecil County. One thunderstorm cell in particular experienced rapid intensification and expansion as it tracked from around Baltimore, MD across Cecil County and into northern Delaware. Destructive wind gusts, estimated at 70 mph, resulted in significant tree and power line damage county-wide. Approximately 35 roads were impassable due to numerous downed trees. In Chesapeake City, several large trees fell onto homes, resulting in one injury. A tree also fell onto a house in the town of North East. Damage to multiple buildings was reported in Warwick, and a large concentration of downed trees was reported in Cecilton. Severe thunderstorms exited eastern Cecil County, including the town of Elkton, at approximately 12:40 am EDT on the 30th. A young man was critically injured on the morning of July 2 around 330 am EDT when a tree branch fell on his tent at Camp Rodney in Elk Neck State Park in Northeast, Maryland. It is believed that the tree was weakened by the derecho that went through the night of the 29th.