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Minor roof damage, shingles missing, siding ripped off houses, numerous trees down, and sticks scattered everywhere. This sums up what I witnessed this morning after surveying the damage. I traveled through the Bayview Hills and Richfield Station subdivisions where a path of damage was evident. There isn't much twisting of the downed trees or debris, but it still looks to me as though a small tornado did in fact pass through this area of northern Calvert County. Luckily, the homeowners I spoke with were all unharmed and helping each other clean up debris.
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While surveying the debris, there were a few moments were I wasn't quite convinced a tornado had touched down, and I started to think it may have been straight line winds. Particularly in the very large field behind Trader's Restaurant where the tall grass was mostly blown in the same direction. However, I also noticed a distinct gap in a tree line where it looked as though a tornado passed through. Also, there was minor damage to homes along the supposed path just beyond the gap in the tree line. Judging by this and other damage, I would estimate the that a low end EF1 tornado touched down with winds around 90 mph, which would just barely put it in the EF1 category. This is my preliminary estimate, but we will have an official report from the National Weather Service either later today or early tomorrow.
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