The violent tornado was Maryland’s deadliest in the modern record. It could have been worse and probably would be today.
touched down in the central and eastern United States. Most of the tornadoes locally were weak, although a Level 2 twister tore through the Shenandoah Valley.While most of the tornadoes that have affected the region over the past decade have been weak and short-lived, the local environment has the potential to fuel more severe twisters.
Wind shear is a prerequisite for tornadic thunderstorms. In the Mid-Atlantic, it is typically created by a combination of winds flowing from the south at low levels, which turn clockwise and strengthen with altitude, up to jet stream height, where winds can roar in excess of 100 mph from the west. These strong winds aloft help “vent” the storm, to keep it alive a long while.
But since the College Park and La Plata disasters, the region has avoided intense or violent twisters.of 7,300 in 2002 has blossomed to about 9,500 today.
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