Severe thunderstorms accompanied by hail, damaging winds, and at least one tornado brought major damage to neighborhoods across the Baltimore region Friday afternoon.

Mangled traffic signs, knocked down power poles, and substantial roof damage were just a few remnants of the storm. 

"I saw it get really super dark, and I saw clouds that looked like it could have been a tornado, but I'm not a weather person, so I don't know," said Dorothea Woods, a Dundalk resident.  

On Saturday, the Baltimore/Washington National Weather Service Office sent a crew to survey damage that occurred around 6 p.m. Friday along a corridor from Federal Hill to Canton, to Brewer's Hill, Dundalk, and Sparrows Point. 

The crew determined that an caused much of the damage.

The tornado touched down in Federal Hill and lifted in Dundalk, toppling numerous trees, with some crushing cars. 

"There's my car, crushed by a tree!" Jeff Finucane, a Federal Hill resident, said. 

"My husband looked out the window and saw this 80-foot pine tree swaying in the air, and not even ten minutes later it came crashing down," Dundalk's Candice Fulton said. 

The EF-1 also tore multiple roofs off buildings, including the Meritt Club of Canton, and portions of apartment complexes in Dundalk.

Howard, Carroll, Baltimore Counties, and Baltimore City sustained the most damage, per BGE. 

Storms left 60,000 residents without power on Friday 

During a media briefing on Friday night, city authorities announced they were dealing with widespread damage, outages, and road closures.

"In terms of trees down, we have approximately 20, with about 8 roads completely blocked. Our forestry crews have been working on that since the start of this storm. We look to have those streets opened up by sometime later this evening," a member of the Office of Emergency Management for Baltimore City said. 

According to BGE, on Friday night, the storms left nearly 60,000 customers without power as equipment was completely damaged throughout central Maryland.

On Saturday night, they released an update stating 6,140 customers were without electricity. 

BGE asks customers to report outages either:

• Online at 
• On BGE's free mobile app, available at the  or 
• Via text message to 69243  
• Or by phone, by calling 877-778-2222