FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Lots of people were awakened before dawn Tuesday by roaring winds as a sharp squall line and thunderstorms crossed the state. But only little Marbella, in northern Charles County, can claim a tornado.
The National Weather Service looked at the damage and declared it was a minimal EF-0 twister that snapped ornamental trees and toppled a big pine onto a house. It carved a path 50 yards wide, and raked the ground for just a tenth of a mile. The whole event lasted less than a minute.
(SUN PHOTO: Doug Kapustin, 2005)