Moment tornado touched down over Baltimore as Maryland is battered by severe weather
- Residents have sent in videos and images of funnel clouds near the bay, and images of damage in western Woodbine, Maryland
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Severe weather in Baltimore, Maryland may have produced a few tornadoes. Community members have been sending in pictures of funnel clouds to local news stations and papers, with damage reported in western Woodbine, and additional sightings in bay-side Locust Point and Brooklyn.
While many of these pictures and video look unmistakably like tornadoes, the National Weather Service still hasn't defined them as such.
Christine Schifkovitz, who works at a yacht service on the bay said in a video on The Baltimore Sun's website that she observed a funnel cloud at about 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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Baltimore tornadoes: A screen shot from the video Christine Schifkovitz recorded Monday afternoon when a funnel cloud formed near her work
Strong winds: A YouTube video posted shows the tornado near Locust Point in perspective
Schifkovitz and her coworkers went outside when they heard on the radio that a tornado was forming near them. She recorded video as the sky above them turned black and a funnel formed over the water.
Then the tornado started causing damage: 'We heard this loud ripping noise and it actually ripped a roof off and we saw debris fly up in the air,' she said.
Roof down: Schifkovitz and her coworkers heard a ripping noise as they witnessed the roof being torn off of a local building
On the opposite side of Baltimore, in rural Woodbine, there was more damage.
Bill Davison and his parents had just finished dinner when they heard the storm hit, and the power cut off.
Davison says he heard 'a loud wind' and saw cardboard flying around outside.
'I was like, "Dad, come look at this." He goes out to the garage and calls me a says, "The garage is gone,"' Davison told WJZ 13.
Davison's father said,'[I saw] what I thought was [a funnel], yeah. It just came right back down black, swirling, picking up material, so to me, it looked like the closest thing I've ever seen to a tornado.'
Garage gone: The Davison family in Woodbine, Maryland believe that it was a tornado that demolished their garage
Touchdown: The Davison's had just finished dinner when the tornado hit, and they saw debris floating in the air
A car parked in the garage was moved seven or eight feet, some things are completely missing, while they found some items far away.
'My tires in the shed landed half a mile down the street. It's something you only see in the movies,' Bill Davison said. 'I can't believe it; I'm still in shock.'
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