Tornado outbreak of August 7, 2019

The Tornado outbreak of August 7, 2019 was a relatively small but damaging and deadly tornado outbreak that affected the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area on August 7, 2019. Over the course of 4 hours, 15 tornadoes touched down across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. The most intense of these tornadoes was an violent EF4 stovepipe that hit rural portions of Howard and Carroll Counties in Maryland. However, the most significant and most notable tornado of the entire outbreak was a deadly EF3 tornado that hit downtown Leesburg, Virginia, killing 5 people, and injuring many others. Another notable tornado from the outbreak was an EF2 tornado that hit Washington, D.C, injuring 5. Overall, 7 people were killed, 91 others were hurt, and $501 million dollars in damages was left behind.