Videos capture sights of EF-1 tornado outside of Washington, DC
Severe storms, including an observed tornado, moved through Maryland Tuesday evening, causing damage just miles outside of Washington D.C.
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Severe storms, including an observed tornado, moved through Maryland Tuesday evening, causing damage just miles outside of Washington D.C.
Tornado touches down in Bowie, MD
Tornado touches down in Bowie, Maryland on Tuesday evening.
The National Weather Service says the tornado was observed in Bowie, about 15 miles outside the nation’s capital. A storm survey team later found damage consistent with an EF-1 tornado that was on the ground for three minutes along a mile-long trek. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
The tornado was the first in Prince George's County since Sept. 29, 2015. Since 1950, 25 tornadoes have been reported in the county.
Another tornado was also seen in Shady Side, according to the NWS.
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Videos from the area showed snapped trees and damaged homes but according to officials they have yet to find anyone who was injured by the storms.
Trees down after tornado moves through Bowie, MD
Trees down after a tornado moves through Bowie, Maryland.
"I can’t say that I have seen something like this," Bowie Mayor Tim Adams said in a press conference. "We have had a couple in years past or tornadoes touching but nothing quite like this."
The hardest hit area appeared to be Bowie, Maryland but PowerOutage.US reported less than 1,000 outages in the region.
"The most important thing is that we don’t have any real injuries to life," Adams said.
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A local FOX 5 meteorologist even captured clouds swirling as the storm moved overhead.
Severe storms are expected within the same region again on Wednesday.
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