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2002 La Plata tornado
Poorly anchored house on Morgans Ridge Road completely swept clean off its foundation while mailboxes remained undamaged.
Meteorological history
Formed
April 28, 2002, 6:56 p.m. EDT (UTC−04:00)
Dissipated
April 28, 2002, 8:26 p.m. EDT (UTC−04:00)
Duration
1 hour and 30 minutes
F4 tornado
on the Fujita scale
Overall effects
Fatalities
3 (+2 indirect)[1][2]
Injuries
122
Damage
$115 million (2002 USD) [1]
Areas affected
Charles County, Calvert County, Dorchester County, and Wicomico County
Part of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002 and Tornadoes of 2002
The 2002 La Plata tornado was an extremely powerful and fast moving multi-vortex F4 tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland,[3] killing 3 people and injuring 122 others.[4][5] It was the costliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002 causing at least $115 million in damages.[6] It is also one of the strongest tornadoes ever to hit the greater Baltimore-Washington D.C. area.[1]
At approximately 6:56 pm (EST), the tornado touched down south of Marbury in western Charles County, Maryland. Just six minutes later, the tornado began crossing over La Plata, killing one person. At 7:30 pm, two more people died as the twister entered Calvert County. Next, it moved into the Chesapeake Bay just north of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. After crossing the bay, the tornado moved across Dorchester County, again intensifying to F3 strength before dissipating west of Salisbury, Maryland.[7] The tornado had one of the fastest-accepted forward speeds on record.
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