tornadoes and wind storms

Strong storms brought tornado warnings to Anne Arundel County and the Eastern Shore on Thursday.

The National Weather Service does not expect to confirm any tornadoes from storms that passed through Southern Maryland on Wednesday.

Heavy rain and possible thunderstorms are forecast through much of Wednesday, bringing risks for flash flooding and raising high tides by a couple of feet.

A storm system that brought tornadoes to parts of the Southeast U.S. arrived in Baltimore Tuesday, prompting the National Weather Service to call a flash flood watch for the region through Wednesday night.

Widespread flooding is possible Tuesday and Wednesday as a drenching storm system crosses the region, bringing severe weather and tornado threats to the Southeast.

Showers and possible thunderstorms were moving into the region Friday afternoon, but severe weather was forecast to stay south of Maryland.

A tornado was confirmed Friday in St. Mary's and Calvert counties in southern Maryland, the National Weather Service said.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the city, Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Prince George's, Montgomery and several Eastern and Western Shore counties until 5 p.m.

Harford County has been placed under a tornado watch until 5 p.m. today (Friday), according to the National Weather Service.

The girls soccer team at the Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson is hard at work this off season collecting donations and preparing gifts for their peers at Moore High School in Oklahoma, in the town that was heavily damaged by a May 2013 tornado.

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Baltimore Ravens fans who traveled to Chicago for Sunday's game against the Bears spent more than an hour in the sheltered concourse at Soldier Field, but that didn't mean they stayed dry.

With kickoff less than two hours away, officials at Soldier Field are bracing for poor weather conditions ahead of today's Ravens-Bears game.

There were fewer severe weather events in Baltimore this spring and summer after two consecutive busy years, thanks in part to cooler temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.

A tornado watch that had covered much of Maryland and the mid-Atlantic has been canceled, with wet but non-severe weather forecast the rest of Monday.

With an eye on the threat of severe weather this afternoon, Prince George's County Public Schools officials have cancelled all after-school activities, including sports practices, today. Aftercare, however, will not be cancelled and will be provided as regularly scheduled.

The family of a detective sergeant at the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack went to Oklahoma this past weekend to deliver some 50,000 books that 8-year-old Lauren DeCourcey helped collect for victims of the May tornado.

Two weeks after the fact, the National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado struck between Churchville and Belcamp in Harford County.

The National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington forecast office was still evaluating surveyed damage Wednesday afternoon from storms that swept through northern Maryland on Tuesday morning.

Fast moving thunderstorms swept across Harford County early Tuesday morning, prompting reports of a funnel cloud sighting in the Aberdeen area shortly after 6 a.m.

Storms are likely in Baltimore and along the mid-Atlantic coast Tuesday with warm temperatures, before heat and humidity clear out for the rest of the week.

Thousands of books have been donated over the past several weeks at the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack that will be given to school libraries in Moore, Okla., that was devastated by a tornado last spring.

Harford County and National Weather Service officials are investigating whether a tornado caused extensive damage to homes and farms in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Stafford Road in Darlington in the early morning hours Tuesday.

The National Weather Service has added three short-lived tornadoes in Virginia and Maryland to the two it had already confirmed during storms June 13 in Montgomery and St. Mary's counties.

The National Weather Service is investigating a funnel cloud spotted in the Clinton area of southern Prince George's County on Monday, looking for signs it may have touched down as a tornado.

One more day with highs in the mid-90s and a heat index above 100 degrees is forecast Thursday before a heat wave starts to wane slightly, according to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service said a tornado crossed much of southern St. Mary's County during Thursday afternoon storms -- the second twister confirmed in the state that day and the second in four days for St. Mary's.

Two tornadoes confirmed to have touched down in Maryland on Friday are among seven tornado reports from the storms, with several others spotted in Tennessee and Georgia.

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A minor derecho storm and a second tornado outbreak in four days socked Marylanders twice on Thursday and yet the weather was still less severe than some had feared, after some forecasts referenced the derecho storm that paralyzed the region for days a year ago.

The National Weather Service has placed thunderstorm and flash flood watches in effect for Thursday evening for Howard County and the surrounding area.

Laurel city officials already have preparations in place for what the National Weather Service says might include heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail and even a tornado later today, June 13. On Wednesday, the city took some precautionary steps and closed the MARC parking lot at the American Legion and Riverfront Park after WSSC opened a third gate at Duckett Dam to prepare for possible water level increases. The park, which runs along the Patuxent River north of Main Street, and the low-level

Forecasters are watching an expected outbreak of severe weather from Illinois to Maryland that some are likening to last June's derecho; one meteorologist predicted it would be a "multi billion dollar storm" causing massive power outages.

In a report issued Wednesday, June 11, the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Woodbine.

The National Weather Service is investigating a possible tornado in Woodbine, Howard County, that destroyed a two-car garage and a storage shed.