07/19/2026
A late afternoon storm brought heavy rains and blustery winds to the Pasadena Peninsula downing trees, damaging houses, and leaving hundreds of homes without power.
The thunderstorm began around 4 PM Saturday and pounded Anne Arundel County especially hard. Weather stations recorded wind gusts up to 60 mph and 0.7 inches in Pasadena.
Though no data has confirmed the touchdown of a tornado, the damage had residents speculating. “[after the storm] We were riding around the neighborhood,” said Gus Kurtz of Paradise Beach. “[The trees] were twisted right off from the top or midway down.”
The damage to property is still being calculated, but trees have fallen on houses, cars, sheds, and more. High winds also caused boats to tear cleats off of docks.
The coming days will bring clean up and repairing the damage caused by the storm.