What the record says
On 28 April 2002, a tornado touched down near Waldorf, Maryland. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 38 miles long and up to 650 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 3 people and injured 122.
- F4Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 122injuries
- 38 mipath length
- 650 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 38.55, -77.18 and the end point at 38.48, -76.50 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Maryland
- Washington, District of Columbia tornado24 September 2001, F3, 2 deaths, 55 injuries, 17.5 miles long
- Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland tornado19 May 1967, F3, 1 death, 0.3 miles long
- Cumberland, Maryland tornado2 June 1998, F4, 5 injuries, 36.5 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2002
- Fayette, Alabama tornado10 November 2002, F3, 7 deaths, 53 injuries, 72.6 miles long
- Oakdale, Tennessee tornado10 November 2002, F3, 7 deaths, 28 injuries, 8.3 miles long
- Wren, Ohio tornado10 November 2002, F4, 4 deaths, 17 injuries, 52.8 miles long
- Fayette, Alabama tornado10 November 2002, F3, 4 deaths, 38 injuries, 44.3 miles long
- Crossville, Tennessee tornado10 November 2002, F3, 4 deaths, 18 injuries, 12.2 miles long
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