Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Charles County, Maryland, April 28, 2002

RatingF4

Deaths3

Injuries122

Length38 mi

Width650 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.55, -77.18) to the end point (38.48, -76.50), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 28, 2002, 4:56 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Maryland
Counties: Charles County, Calvert County
Path: 38 miles long, up to 650 yards wide
Casualties: 3 deaths, 122 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 28, 2002

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 28, 2002	F3	Illinois	19.3 mi	400 yd	1	10
Apr 28, 2002	F3	Illinois	22 mi	200 yd	0	1
Apr 28, 2002	F3	Kentucky	22 mi	880 yd	0	26
Apr 28, 2002	F3	Tennessee	3.2 mi	350 yd	0	31
Apr 28, 2002	F3	Maryland	18 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Illinois	7.5 mi	200 yd	0	3
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Illinois	7 mi	400 yd	0	2
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Indiana, Kentucky	32.3 mi	150 yd	1	19
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Tennessee	0.9 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Ohio	7.2 mi	440 yd	0	2
Apr 28, 2002	F2	New York	6.5 mi	300 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Pennsylvania	5 mi	250 yd	0	1
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Virginia	10 mi	150 yd	0	12
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Virginia	4 mi	75 yd	0	2
Apr 28, 2002	F2	Maryland	3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Kentucky	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Kentucky	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Tennessee	3.5 mi	75 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Kentucky	9.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Kentucky	2 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Kentucky	3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Pennsylvania	16 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Pennsylvania	7 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	West Virginia	1 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Pennsylvania	2 mi	100 yd	0	1
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Virginia	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Pennsylvania	6 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Pennsylvania	1.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Virginia	6 mi	150 yd	0	3
Apr 28, 2002	F1	Maryland	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	70 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F0	Tennessee	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F0	Pennsylvania	6 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F0	New York	0.7 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F0	Pennsylvania	4 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2002	F0	Maryland	4 mi	100 yd	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.