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Coastal Flood — Southern Baltimore, MD

Nov 16, 2006

A deep low pressure system moved from the Tennessee Valley to the eastern great Lakes on November 16, sweeping a strong cold front across the Mid Atlantic. This system brought widespread moderate to heavy rain to the region after sunrise, then strong thunderstorms during the early afternoon. These thunderstorms produced periods of heavier rainfall as well as gusty and isolated damaging winds. Although rain ended across the region during the mid afternoon hours, some locations continued to experi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 4662). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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