Thunderstorm Wind in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland

Two of four chicken houses located on a farm at 710 Brick School House Road in Centreville were damaged when thunderstorm winds swept through the region during the late evening hours on April 2nd. One of these two buildings showed significant damage with more than half of the 500 foot structure torn from its foundation and flipped over completely. Shredded pieces of the structure were scattered across the farm property. The second chicken house also suffered significant damage; the roofing and siding were pulled away from the structure in several locations, with some cracks along the base of the foundation, and the entire structure was tilted. Each building costs approximately $200K, housing around 26K chickens. Roughly 10k birds were lost because of this event.

A gust front outrunning a cluster of severe thunderstorms entered near Stevensville in western Queen Anne's County at approximately 11:22 pm EDT on the 29th. This gust front produced damaging wind gusts estimated at 65 mph as it traversed eastward across the county. Within approximately 20 minutes of the gust front passage, a potent line of severe thunderstorms tracked eastward through Queen Anne's County, producing another round of destructive wind gusts, estimated at 65 mph. Large tree limbs and electric wires were reported down across the county, with damage initially reported in the Stevensville area. Damage to a large chimney and the exterior walls of a home was also reported in Stevensville. Severe thunderstorms exited eastern Queen Anne's County, including the town of Sudlersville, at approximately 12:31 am EDT on the 30th.

A severe thunderstorm snapped several trees on East Main Street and in Sudlersville. The same thunderstorm damaged the roof of a home on East Main Street (Maryland State Route 300) and turned a trailer approximately 180 degrees.