Скачать или смотреть 20 years ago today: La Plata, Maryland tornado killed 5 people, left millions in damage

On a Sunday evening in late April 2002, a deadly supercell storm tore across the DMV, killing five people and causing millions of dollars worth of damage.

Twenty years ago, the historic La Plata tornado hit southern Maryland and parts of the Eastern Shore on April 28.

The storm began in West Virginia as a supercell thunderstorm. Such thunderstorms rotate and are known to create damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes. This is exactly what happened near Quicksburg, Virginia, a small unincorporated town in Shenandoah County. The storm produced a tornado in this area and caused some damage.

Three WUSA9 meteorologists, including Chief Meteorologist Topper Shutt and Howard Bernstein, tracked the storm that afternoon and evening. MORE: https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather...

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