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Tornado, severe storms batter Harford Co., Baltimore region
An intense, widespread storm system spawned at least one tornado Friday and battered parts of the Baltimore region with damaging winds and torrential rain, halting flights and flooding roads during rush hour.
The storm ripped through Harford County,...Tags: Howard County, Natural Disasters, Baltimore County, Baltimore Weather, Towson
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Storm rips through Fallston, collapsing buildings
The Friday storm, that might have spawned at least one tornado in Fallstion, ripped through Harford County, doing some of the most severe damage in the triangular area bordered by Belair Road, Harford Road and Route 152. What witnesses said was a tornado,...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Harford Road, Hospitals and Clinics, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Dave Williams
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Severe storms spawning tornado warnings across region
8:57 p.m. Tornado warning until 9:30 p.m. for Frederick, Carroll, western Baltimore and NW Howard counties, including Eldersburg, Westminster, Hampstead and Manchester.
8:45From The Aegis: The storm ripped through Harford County, doing some of the most...Tags: Natural Disasters, Howard County, Crofton, Sykesville, Baltimore County
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Update: Schools releasing students in wake of tornado warning
Carroll County Public Schools said it was dismissing students at 4:15 p.m. in the wake of a tornado warning that passed through Carroll County. School officials are reminding parents that the dismissals are one and a half hours behind schedule. All...Tags: Natural Disasters, Schools, Mount Airy, Weather Warnings, Weather Reports
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A decade ago, worst tornado in Maryland history ripped through La Plata
A decade ago tomorrow, the worst tornado in Maryland history struck La Plata, killing three people and flattening buildings with 261 mph winds. The F5 twister, the top of the scale for tornado intensity, left a plate of fried chicken on the counter of...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, The Weather Channel (tv network)
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Friday's tornadoes, as seen from space
The Earth Observatory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt has pulled together an animation of the outbreak of tornadoes that swarmed across the eastern half of the country Friday.
Above, you can see a still image pulled from the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Space Programs, NASA
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Texans sharing raw video of tornadoes
Bystanders have posted cell phone videos of today's tornado outbreak in the Dallas area on YouTube, and they are awe-inspiring and surreal. In one video, people stand in awe of a twister in the distance before fearing it's headed their way and going...Tags: Natural Disasters, YouTube
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Maryland statewide tornado drill scheduled for Wednesday
As part of Maryland Severe Storms Awareness Week, a statewide tornado drill is taking place Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. The alert will be issued over NOAA weather radios at that time, with an all-clear message to follow at 10 a.m. All Maryland schools are...Tags: Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Midwestern tornadoes give Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy a scare
The Baltimore SunOrioles shortstop J.J. Hardy received some scary news when the team’s charter flight touched down in Chicago Sunday evening. That’s when Hardy got word that a storm system that terrorized many parts of the midwestern U.S. and spawned numerous...Tags: Natural Disasters, J.J. Hardy
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Meteorologists: Spike in tornadoes doesn't mean higher risk in Md.
Destructive and devastating tornadoes have grabbed the weather headlines so far this year, with the 416 tornadoes observed through April 9 about one-fourth more than normal. But does the apparent spike in severe weather, also including hail and damaging...Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, The Weather Channel (tv network)
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Straight winds or rotating? It matters
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Dan Swegon, in Fallston, asks: “Why is there so much interest, after the event, as to whether heavy wind was a tornado? Severe windstorms cause damage whether the winds were twisting or straight.”It’s for...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters
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Friday forecast: Mostly cloudy, high near 74
The National Weather Service is calling for Friday to be mostly cloudy in the Baltimore area, with a high near 74 and southwest winds between 8 and 15 miles per hour. There is a 70 percent chance of precipitation. A coastal flood warning is in effect...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Natural Disasters, Weather Warnings, Weather Reports, Baltimore Weather
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