Brief EF-1 tornado confirmed to have hit Howard County

Brief EF-1 tornado confirmed to have hit Howard County

The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down during Wednesday's storms in Howard County.

Officials confirm EF-1 tornado hit Maryland on Wednesday

COOKSVILLE, MD—The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Maryland on Wednesday. Officials say the EF-1 tornado briefly touched down in Howard County at just after 7 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 11th. The twister packed 90 mph winds, was 100 yards wide, and traveled almost half a mile. The brief tornado snapped and uprooted trees in a narrow corridor along Old Frederick Road in Cooksville. This occurred within a sw…