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Tornado Warning — Anne Arundel, MD — Jul 28, 2026

NWS LWX · ETN 36 · National Weather Service warning
Tornado Warning for Anne Arundel — radar, warned-area polygon and storm motion
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LWX issued a tornado warning at 22:10 UTC on Jul 28, 2026 covering Anne Arundel, MD. The warning was in effect for 18 minutes, ending at Jul 28, 2026 22:28 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 39.08, -76.68, moving east at about 29 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
1 ESE Lake Shore Anne Arundel, MD EF1° An EF1 tornado touched down in Lake Shore near Patapsco Road... tracking south for about 3/4 of a mile for about 2 minutes. Estimated max path width was 160 yards. Esti (LWX)
1 NW Cape St. Claire Anne Arundel, MD Unrated A second tornado touched down along Lake Drive in the Arnold/Cape Saint Claire area for about a minute. Significant convergent tree damage was noted... along with the g (LWX)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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