Sunday evening storms interrupted the Orioles game and downed trees in the Baltimore region.
As a line of storms stretching from northern Maryland to Virginia passed, parts of Baltimore city, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Harford, and Montgomery counties were under a severe thunderstorm warning that expired 5:15 p.m. Sunday.
Northern Maryland saw 0.5 to 1 inch of rain Sunday evening, the National Weather Service reported. Three-tenths fell at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and 0.1 at the Inner Harbor.
The storm caused power outages throughout the region. As of 11 p.m. only about 270 were still without power.
Also, 31 flights were delayed at BWI airport as of 9:30 p.m., according to flight tracker FlightAware.com.
Route 24 was closed due to fallen trees and power wires at Cherry Hill Road in the area of Rocks State Park, the Harford County Volunteer Fire & Emergency Medical Services Association said.
Baltimore County Police responded to downed trees at West Road near Interstate 695 in Towson; at Phoenix and York roads in Sparks Glencoe; and on Pleasant Plains Road in Towson.
The weather service also warned boaters on the upper bay to return to harbor because of the approaching storms.
The storm also caused a rain delay at the Orioles game for about an hour and a half.