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Tornado Touchdown In Dundalk Confirmed
Power Restored To Most Residents
POSTED: 8:26 am EDT June 11, 2009
BALTIMORE -- The National Weather Service confirmed Thursday that a tornado touched down Tuesday afternoon in southeast Baltimore County.
The tornado touched down in Dundalk during a storm that damaged buildings and knocked down trees.
Sky Team 11 captured this image of a lightning strike Tuesday afternoon.
NWS science officer Steven Zubricks said wind speed of a maximum of 70 mph during the storm was consistent with an EF-0 rated tornado, the minimum rating.
Officials examined damage, reviewed weather instruments and took statements from residents to make the determination.
"Trash, trees, limbs, debris, blowing around. It was crazy for, like, five minutes," Dundalk resident Katrina Turner told 11 News. "Then it was over."
A viewer in Towson e-mailed to report: "Trees down, definite rotation of clouds in the sky, and then there was a 15-second burst of wind that nearly ripped our front door off its hinges."
A tornado warning was issued Tuesday afternoon in Cecil County, and some people reported to 11 News that they saw funnel clouds forming throughout the area.
Tuesday's storm caused more than 70,000 outages throughout the Baltimore area, most of which have been restored. No injuries were reported.
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