Queen Anne's County, Maryland severe weather history spans 386 recorded events between 1965 and 2026. The dominant hazard is thunderstorm wind, accounting for 59.6% of all recorded events. It ranks #1,310 nationally and #15 in Maryland.
386
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
4
Direct injuries
$7.3M
Property damage
The record
What the Queen Anne's County, Maryland severe weather history record shows
Across the archive, Queen Anne's County, Maryland severe weather history averages 6.3 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2010s, with 146 events logged in that decade alone. Roughly 18 events fall before 1990 and 368 from 1990 onward — a gap that reflects the expansion of NOAA reporting practice as much as the weather itself.
The costliest is flash flood, with $4.6M in reported property damage. In total, 8 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.
By hazard type
Every hazard type recorded in Queen Anne's County
| Hazard | Events | Deaths | Damage | Max | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 230 | 0 | $825K | 89 | 1974–2026 |
| Heavy Rain | 69 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 1996–2018 |
| Flash Flood | 32 | 0 | $4.6M | 0 | 1998–2021 |
| Hail | 20 | 0 | $0 | 1.8 | 1984–2021 |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | $526K | F2 | 1965–2020 |
| Lightning | 11 | 0 | $84K | 0 | 1999–2025 |
| Flood | 10 | 0 | $1.3M | 0 | 2011–2018 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2012–2017 |
Decade by decade
Queen Anne's County, Maryland severe weather history by decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
12 mapped tornado paths intersect this county: 12 touched down inside it and 0 crossed in from a neighbouring county. This comes from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
| Date | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Path length | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-23 | EF2 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 mi | Touched down here |
| 1976-03-21 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 mi | Touched down here |
| 1971-07-30 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 mi | Touched down here |
| 1996-11-26 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 mi | Touched down here |
| 1993-04-16 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 mi | Touched down here |
| 1978-03-14 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 mi | Touched down here |
| 1965-08-01 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 mi | Touched down here |
| 2020-08-04 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 mi | Touched down here |
| 2012-06-01 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 2011-05-19 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 mi | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest events on record in Queen Anne's County
| Date | Type | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1999 | Flash Flood | COUNTYWIDE | 0 | 2 | $4.0M |
| Jul 24, 2017 | Tornado | STEVENSVILLE BAY ARP | 0 | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 7, 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | GRASONVILLE | 0 | 1 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The heavy rain that fell across Queen Anne's County not only caused poor drainage flooding, but exacerbated the tidal flooding along the Chesapeake Bay. Event precipitation totals included 9.89 inches in Queenstown, 6.77 inches in Stevensville and 4.50 inches in Centreville.
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.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rain caused flash flooding in western Queen Anne's County from Centreville westward through Queenstown and Grasonville. The hardest hit locations were Grasonville and Queenstown where nearly 10 inches of rain fell. This caused flooded roads and multiple water rescues. In Grasonville, the hardest hit area was Prospect Bay. Six families were evacuated from an apartment surrounded by water on Main Street at Gravel Run Road. About 15 motorists were rescued from trapped vehicles. In Queenstown, a water rescue occurred on Del Rhodes Avenue near Friel Road. The vehicle was swept off the roadway. A section of Hibernia Road near Centreville was washed out and much of Maryland State Route 18 from Kent Narrows to Queenstown was flooded. A number of farm fields in the Church Hill area were also flooded. The flooding rains also knocked over a few shallow rooted trees in the area. Event precipitation totals included 9.92 inches in Queenstown, 8.47 inches in Romancoke, 7.60 inches in Centreville and 3.57 inches in Stevensville.
Context
Risk, population and federal disasters
Very Low
FEMA NRI risk rating
51,825
Population (ACS)
$463K
Median home value
18
Federal declarations
| Declared | Incident | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2026 | Winter Storm | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM |
| Mar 26, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 | EM |
| Mar 4, 2016 | Snowstorm | SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM | DR |
| Nov 20, 2012 | Hurricane | HURRICANE SANDY | DR |
| Oct 28, 2012 | Hurricane | HURRICANE SANDY | EM |
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many severe weather events have been recorded in Queen Anne's County, Maryland?
386 events are on record between 1965 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths and $7.3M in property damage.
What is the most common severe weather hazard in Queen Anne's County?
Thunderstorm Wind, with 230 recorded events — 59.6% of everything in the archive for this county.
How many tornadoes have crossed Queen Anne's County?
12 mapped tornado paths intersect the county boundary; 12 of them touched down inside it. This is derived from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
How many federal disaster declarations cover Queen Anne's County?
18 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Queen Anne's County, each tied to a specific incident period.
How risky is Queen Anne's County compared with the rest of the country?
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Queen Anne's County as very low risk, placing it in the 36 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.
Where does the Queen Anne's County, Maryland severe weather history data come from?
Every figure is drawn from United States federal public-domain records: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events for the event archive, NOAA SPC SVRGIS for mapped tornado paths, FEMA for disaster declarations and risk ratings, and the U.S. Census for population context. Dates are shown in UTC and recent entries may still be revised by NOAA.
Nearby
Neighbouring counties
- Prince George's County 960
- St. Mary's County 648
- Montgomery County 1,599
- Somerset County 168
- Kent County 329
- Talbot County 327
Cite this page
“Queen Anne’s County, Maryland.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/maryland/queen-annes-county/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.