2019 Maryland Tornado Outbreak

The 2019 Maryland Tornado Outbreak was a catastrophic tornado outbreak that affected the U.S. state of Maryland on April 28, 2019. The outbreak spawned 39 tornadoes in Maryland, making it the largest tornado outbreak in Maryland history. Tornadoes were recorded in Southwest, Central, and Northeast Maryland, including Baltimore City.

The outbreak began at 1:55PM that day, when an unusually large EF1 tornado struck Travilah, Maryland, south of Gaithersburg, injuring 2. Another storm that was traveling just west of the Travilah storm spawned a powerful EF3 tornado that tore through Gaithersburg, killing 7. The storm that spawned the Travilah tornado then dropped the first violent tornado of the outbreak, an EF4 that tore through Rockville, devastating the downtown area, and killing 23. The tornado continued on past Rockville and struck the town of Leisure World, killing 5, before dissipating.