1,019 first-hand accounts of flood events in Maryland, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Cutoff low pressure was over the Ohio Valley. Another area of low pressure strengthened overhead on the occluded boundary. Warm and moist air from the south lead to an unstable atmosphere.
Read the full account →A powerful nor'easter, carrying copious moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region, dumped between 2 and 4 inches of rain across much of Maryland between the foothills and the Chesapeake Bay.
Read the full account →A potent storm system crossed the region May 12th. Warm and moist air filtered in ahead of the system, bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain.
Read the full account →A potent storm system crossed the region May 12th. Warm and moist air filtered in ahead of the system, bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain.
Read the full account →Intense thunderstorms dumped torrential rainfall over the northern and eastern suburbs of Baltimore City. Storm totals were estimated between 3.5 and 4 inches in less than 2 hours in the hardest hit areas. In Randallstown, the parking lot of a strip mall was under water.
Read the full account →A powerful nor'easter, carrying copious moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region, dumped between 2 and 4 inches of rain across much of Maryland between the foothills and the Chesapeake Bay.
Read the full account →Hurricane Floyd made landfall just east of Cape Fear, North Carolina in the early morning hours of the 16th and moved north-northeast across extreme southeast Virginia to near Ocean City, Maryland by evening on the 16th.
Read the full account →A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
Read the full account →A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
Read the full account →A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
Read the full account →A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain developed in the warm sector along the Mason-Dixon line in the afternoon on the 29th. These showers continued to train over parts of Marion, Monongalia, and Preston counties in West Virginia as well as Garrett County in Maryland.
Read the full account →A strong cold front moved into the area late on the 21st, which ran into a very warm and humid air mass. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front from west to east, however some storms were backbuilding over the same areas.
Read the full account →Yet another round of tropical convection developed over flood-weary north central Maryland during the late evening of the 19th. Additional rainfall totals generally between 1 and 2 inches renewed flash flooding, closing hundreds of roads once again, including several main…
Read the full account →A strong cold front moved from the Ohio Valley in the early morning of June 19, then across the Mid Atlantic during the late afternoon and evening. This cold front fired strong to severe thunderstorms as it encountered an atmosphere that was rich in moisture and very unstable.
Read the full account →A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
Read the full account →A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
Read the full account →High pressure resided across the east coast while a warm front was located across the Carolinas. Moist air continued to move into the Mid Atlantic as showers intensified ahead of the warm front. Heavy rain produced flooding in parts of the Washington DC and Baltimore Metro Areas.
Read the full account →High pressure resided across the east coast while a warm front was located across the Carolinas. Moist air continued to move into the Mid Atlantic as showers intensified ahead of the warm front. Heavy rain produced flooding in parts of the Washington DC and Baltimore Metro Areas.
Read the full account →Intense "training" thunderstorms dumped rainfall of 3 to 4 inches within 3 hours in the Darnestown-Germantown-N. Gaithersburg area, causing Seneca Creek to overflow it's banks.
Read the full account →Training thunderstorms, containing torrential rains, dumped an estimated 3 to 4 inches in a thin swath over extreme southern Frederick Co and northwestern Montgomery Co.
Read the full account →A powerful nor'easter, carrying copious moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region, dumped between 2 and 4 inches of rain across much of Maryland between the foothills and the Chesapeake Bay.
Read the full account →A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
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