EF-0 Tornado Confirmed In Columbia Thursday Evening

COLUMBIA, Md. (WJZ) — The National Weather Service confirmed Friday that an EF-0 tornado struck Columbia Thursday evening.

NWS unit surveyed harm successful Columbia MD that was confirmed arsenic a little EF-0 tornado, arsenic good arsenic important tempest harm successful Fredericksburg VA. The preliminary tempest survey study for some is here: https://t.co/bVW0ZLic3K. pic.twitter.com/UK7UJstop2

— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) July 30, 2021

The tornado touched down astatine the Snowden Square promenade astatine 5:07 p.m. and traveled a quarter-mile earlier it dissipated 1 infinitesimal later. Wind gusts peaked astatine astir 70 mph.

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EF-0 tornado deed Columbia yesterday causing store damage; 📸 Howard Co Fire @wjz pic.twitter.com/e7HkWeXnvo

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) July 30, 2021

Investigators recovered 2 ornamental trees snapped astatine their basal successful beforehand of the Goodwill there. The tornado tore disconnected a conception of partition facade astatine BJ’s Warehouse. The affected partition was connected the other broadside from the absorption successful which the tornado was moving.

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An worker astatine the store’s tyre halfway said adjacent buying carts were lifted into the aerial past blown to the north. Two much mid-sized trees were damaged astatine the extremity of Snowden Square Drive. Large branches were snapped disconnected and thrown successful aggregate directions.

CBS Baltimore Staff