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Flash Flood — Queen Anne's, MD

Sep 16, 1999

Hurricane Floyd battered the Maryland Eastern Shore on September 16th and brought with it torrential rains and damaging winds. The hurricane caused widespread flash flooding as storm totals averaged around ten inches, most of which fell in a twelve hour period from the early morning through the afternoon on the 16th. The highest verifiable storm total was 14.00 inches in Chestertown (Kent County). Based on Doppler Radar storm totals estimate similar amounts also fell across northern Queen Ann

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5722634). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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