From Washington Post

Third storm-related death reported in Md.

The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) are investigating the death
of a 63-year-old Annapolis man who was knocked from his jet ski during
Sunday's fierce thunderstorm.

Warren Douglas Smith and a friend were riding a jet skis half a mile
south of the Bay Bridge in the Chesapeake Bay when they encountered
storm winds estimated at 60 miles per hour and waves five to six feet
high, officials said.

Smith and Elmer Sappington, 65, of Severn, saw the storm approaching and
were racing back toward Sandy Point State Park when Sappington was
knocked off his jet ski by the force of the storm. After he got back on,
he noticed Smith laying facedown in the water, officials said.
Sappington picked up Smith, who was unconscious, headed toward Sandy
Point and flagged down a passing tug boat. The boat's operator called
the NRP.

Officers responded and transported Smith to Sandy Point. From there, he
was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Smith’s body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
in Baltimore for an autopsy. The NRP’s special operations division is
continuing to investigate.

In all, the NRP responded to 11 incidents during the storm, including
reports of four capsized vessels and two overturned vessels. At least
one other person was hospitalized.

There were two other storm-related deaths Sunday, including a 6-year-old
boy from Sterling who was struck by a falling tree in Loudoun County,
and a 44-year-old woman who was killed when a tree fell on a minivan she
was driving in College Park about 3:30 p.m.

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T'storms were predicted for yesterday, and these jetskiers might have
known about it...but I doubt very many boaters or forecasters predicted
five to six foot waves.