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Flash Flood — Harford, MD

Oct 1, 2010

A corridor of moisture funnelled up the eastern seaboard. Bands of heavy rain began to rapidly move into Maryland just after midnight on Thursday morning, September 30. After the initial low pressure passed north of the area late Thursday morning after producing up to 8 inches of rain across portions of Maryland and numerous reports of flash flooding, a brief lull in precipitation occurred Thursday afternoon, before the remnant circulation of former Tropical Storm Nicole moved up the Delmarva Pe

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 264080). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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