Carroll County, Maryland tornado history

29 tornadoes recorded in or across Carroll County from 1963 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Carroll County

The Storm Prediction Center records 29 tornadoes whose paths touched Carroll County, Maryland between 1963 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 19 July 1996. The most recent was on 5 June 2024.

  • 29tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 648per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Carroll County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01241%
F1 / EF11034%
F2 / EF2517%
F3 / EF327%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Carroll County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2010s.1960s21970s51980s11990s62000s12010s82020s6

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s5
1980s1
1990s6
2000s1
2010s8
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Jun.Jan0Feb1Mar0Apr6May3Jun8Jul4Aug1Sep3Oct2Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr6
May3
Jun8
Jul4
Aug1
Sep3
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Carroll County

  • Strongest: Maryland tornado19 July 1996, F3, 3 injuries, 2.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado28 August 1978, F2, 20 miles long
  • Most recent: Maryland tornado5 June 2024, EF2, 4.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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