At least one tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, during Tuesday’s storms in the D.C. region.
An EF-1 tornado landed in Lake Shore near Patapsco Road at 6:15 p.m. NWS officials determined that the estimated peak winds of the tornado was 100 mph. The twister was on the ground for two minutes as it was around three-quarters of mile long and 160 yards wide.
NWS officials will be investigating Thursday whether there was a second tornado in the county.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Dan Hofmann said that “there appears to have been a second tornado on Lake Drive in Arnold on the south side of the Magothy River,” according to the data.
The damage assessments are ongoing.
Tuesday’s storms caused major damage across the region, including a crash at a gas station in Northwest D.C.
“It was over 100 reports of trees down and wires down and hail and even a little bit in the way of some flooding yesterday, especially through northern Montgomery County, Northwest D.C. and down around Fredericksburg and Harpers Ferry Way,” 7News First Alert Meteorologist Veronica Johnson told WTOP.
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