Power Outage in Stevensville, MD

A 43 mph sustained wind was measured at a personal weather station near Grasonville. A number of higher gusts were reported throughout the county along with reports of downed trees and power lines.

A waterspout developed over the Chesapeake Bay between Annapolis|and Stevensville, Maryland just south of the Chesapeake Bay|Bridge as estimated by radar velocity from the Baltimore-|Washington Airport Terminal Doppler Weather Radar. The waterspout |moved ashore at 129 AM in the Bay City Area of Kent Island and |then traveled northeast toward Stevensville, Maryland where it |lifted at 133 AM after being on the ground for about 2 miles.||Maximum winds were estimated at 125 mph which makes this an EF2|tornado. Several wood framed townhomes had the upper floors |entirely lifted off along with the roof; several other homes had |either roofs lifted off and tossed or received other damage. One |business was destroyed. There was one injury to a person who was |punctured by debris. In addition, there were trees and power|lines down and some gas leaks were reported along with a |structure fire to a home.||The damage path began on Bayside Drive near Bay City and Stafford|roads in Bay City. A boat was lifted inland from shore and several|trees were snapped or downed from the tornado. Additional trees|were uprooted and torn apart on Buckingham and MC Kay roads. The|tornado make a S like motion back to the northwest completely |destroying a home at the intersection of Zaidee and Chenowith |drives. A large amount of debris was thrown southeast of the |tornado path. The tornado then resumed a northeast movement and |damaged a roof and snapped trees at the intersection of Victoria |Drive and Irene way. Further northwest on route 8, a produce |stand was destroyed.|||The tornado briefly lifted before impacting a series of townhomes|near Kent Manor drive and Ellendale Blvd. Several townhomes were|destroyed entirely. Also, Several of the townhomes had sides of|the structures blown out. The tornado skipped again then damaged|some roofs near Creekside Commons CT and Butterworth CT. A roof|was torn off of a church along Thompson Creek Rd in addition to |destroying a warehouse. Trees were also downed and uprooted at |this location as well. The tornado skipped one last time across |route 50 and made a final touchdown in the Stevensville Cemetery.|Several trees were downed along with wires down. Metal power |poles were also blown off their foundations on route 18.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a tree in Craney Creek just off of Maryland State Route 8 on Kent Island. The same severe storm downed a tree onto a vehicle in the Acme Parking lot and in front of a car wash in Centreville. Several trees were knocked down along Crouse Mill Road near Tuckahoe Lake south of Ruthsburg. About 1,000 homes and businesses lost power because of the series of thunderstorms throughout the day on the 4th in Queen Anne's County.