1,019 first-hand accounts of flood events in Maryland, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →A thunderstorm producing very heavy rainfall, winds over 55 MPH, large hail, and frequent lightning moved across Allegany County between 7:30 and 8:30 PM EDT. A lightning strike started a house fire on Frederick Street in Cumberland at 7:45 PM EDT.
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 →Slow moving showers and thunderstorms caused localized flooding across portions of Maryland during the afternoon and evening of June 15, 2025.
Read the full account →Slow moving showers and thunderstorms caused localized flooding across portions of Maryland during the afternoon and evening of June 15, 2025.
Read the full account →Slow moving showers and thunderstorms caused localized flooding across portions of Maryland during the afternoon and evening of June 15, 2025.
Read the full account →Slow moving showers and thunderstorms caused localized flooding across portions of Maryland during the afternoon and evening of June 15, 2025.
Read the full account →Slow moving showers and thunderstorms caused localized flooding across portions of Maryland during the afternoon and evening of June 15, 2025.
Read the full account →A strong coastal 984 mb low pressure system caused fresh water and coastal flooding to areas along and east of I-95. 2 to 4 inches of rain were reported across the region causing moderate fresh water flooding across the area and raised water levels up to 2 ft above ground…
Read the full account →A strong coastal 984 mb low pressure system caused fresh water and coastal flooding to areas along and east of I-95. 2 to 4 inches of rain were reported across the region causing moderate fresh water flooding across the area and raised water levels up to 2 ft above ground…
Read the full account →The Tide crest at Annapolis was 3.56 MLLW late Friday. Moderate coastal flooding occurred due to the storm surge from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto. In Charles County, mandatory evacuations were ordered due to the flooding, with many roads flooded.
Read the full account →A continued feed of tropical moisture, combined with a stationary upper-level trough, produced scattered torrential-rain producing thunderstorms across the Potomac Highlands. One of these storms ravaged western Allegany Co, flooding roads in and near Frostburg and Cumberland.
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 →Hurricane Irene tracked up the Mid-Atlantic Coast during the evening hours of the 27th through the early morning hours of the 28th. Irene passed by just to the east of Ocean City, Maryland during the early morning hours of the 28th.
Read the full account →The same nor'easter which spawned wind gusts in excess of 60 mph also produced waves of 6 feet or greater in the Chesapeake Bay. Fortunately, the wind direction was from the north/northeast, limiting the pounding along the shore.
Read the full account →A north-south band of moderate to heavy rain dumped between 2 and 3 inches onto fairly saturated soil across northern and central Maryland, producing several areas of flooding and flash flooding.
Read the full account →A slow-moving thunderstorm dumped between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain, with up to 5 inches at some locations, across the northern Maryland piedmont. Taneytown (Carroll Co) experienced the most acute flooding from 4 inches of rain.
Read the full account →A pre-frontal squall line, progressing into a very unstable atmosphere, generated widespread but scattered tree and wire damage across central and lower southern Maryland during the mid to late afternoon of the 26th.
Read the full account →Unseasonably warm and humid air plus developing low pressure over the Ohio Valley produced bands of heavy rain across portions of north central Maryland.
Read the full account →The approach of a cold front combined with impressive jet stream energy at upper-levels of the atmosphere acted on unstable air near the surface to produce a major severe weather episode across northern Maryland for the second time in three weeks.
Read the full account →A fairly intense and slow-moving nor'easter produced a large area of moderate to heavy rains across central and lower southern Maryland beginning late on the 27th and continuing through late afternoon on the 28th.
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 →An area of deep low pressure over the southeastern U.S. moved slowly into the southern middle Atlantic region in a 24-hour period from the morning of the 20th through the morning of the 21st, then off the coast by evening of the 21st.
Read the full account →An area of deep low pressure over the southeastern U.S. moved slowly into the southern middle Atlantic region in a 24-hour period from the morning of the 20th through the morning of the 21st, then off the coast by evening of the 21st.
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