2 confirmed tornadoes touched down in Anne Arundel County, 4 total in Maryland
Two tornadoes touched down in Anne Arundel County when strong storms moved through Maryland on Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed on Wednesday. The NWS confirmed four tornadoes total from the storm.
The NWS confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Lake Shore, Maryland, near Patapsco Road, with estimated maximum wind gusts of 100 mph. The tornado moved about three-quarters of a mile and lasted for about two minutes.
A second tornado was confirmed along Lake Drive in the Arnold/Cape Saint Claire area of Anne Arundel County. The intensity is expected to be determined on Thursday.
NWS reported that an assessment noted "significant convergent tree damage," and the garage door of a house was blown in.
The NWS reported two other tornado touchdowns near Trappe, Maryland, in Talbot County.
Anne Arundel residents cleaning up after tornado warning
Residents in northern Anne Arundel County said they heard and saw what appeared to be a tornado. Some neighbors had trees and power lines knocked down on their streets and yards.
Neighbors said the most severe damage was closest to the water.
"We had a tornado warning, so we were all hunkered down in the basement for a while," said Arnold resident Bailey Hedges.
Neighbors in some Anne Arundel County took cover when they received a tornado warning alert on their phones.
"I was sitting in my mom's room watching TV and the power went out, and my mom told us to come in the living room, and then we got a tornado alert," said 11-year-old Pasadena resident Kaden Snyder.
Snyder said he was watching the storm from his living room when he saw his neighbor's tree across the street snap.
"I saw it tip, and then I saw it crash to the ground," Snyder said. "And my mom was screaming, 'Get to the basement now.'"
The storm uprooted trees throughout Snyder's Pasadena neighborhood, damaging property and bringing down powerlines.
Across the Magothy river in Arnold, downed powerlines trapped some neighbors on their street.
"One of our friends lives down the street there and said that the transformer blew and it was arcing and all that stuff," Hedges said.
Some residents were still without power on Wednesday evening.
"We don't have power. It's been out for more than 12 hours," Hedges said.
