The Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie cleaned up the flood damage this morning after a severe storm pounded the region.

“Everything is back to fully functional,” said Allison Eatough, spokeswoman for the hospital. “If you walked through today, you'd have no idea [anything happened] other than giant blowers drying the carpets,” she said.

The hospital went into mini-disaster mode shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday when patients coming in by ambulance were re-routed to other locations, Eatough said.

Crews are following up on damage reports, and could not confirm the extent of the damage, Eatough said.

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“There were some wires and trees down,” said Capt. Harry Steiner of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, whose crew responded to a call at the hospital just before 9 p.m. Wednesday. “But nothing significant compared to other storms we've had.”

The hospital began taking patients through the ER again by around 4 a.m. Thursday, Eatough said.

National Weather Service officials today are following up on damage reports from across the area, and could not confirm the extent of the damage caused by the storm, said meteorologist Jared Klein.

“Wind damage and flooding were the main issues,” said Klein. “There are no confirmed tornadoes.”

The warm and humid air to the east of a cold front clashed with cooler air behind the cold front to cause the storm, Klein said.

The first line of storms ripped through the area around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, knocking down a tree on Harford Road near Gunpowder Falls, said Charlie Gischlar, spokesperson for the State Highway Administration.

Around 11 p.m. crews blocked two right lanes of Interstate-95 while working to pump out water and clean up debris. The interstate was closed for about an hour and a half and re-opened after midnight, said Gischlar.

The hardest hit areas included Baltimore City and Harford and Baltimore counties, which saw wind gusts as high as 50 mph, and storm-related power outages due to whole trees and tree limbs falling onto power lines as well as lightning strikes impacting electric equipment, according to Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. officials.

By midday today, BGE crews had restored service to more than 79,000 customers.

ekrupp@baltimoreexaminer.com