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Maryland Flood Stories

1,019 first-hand accounts of flood events in Maryland, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood

Montgomery, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Montgomery, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

St. Mary's, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Baltimore, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Montgomery, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Howard, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Prince George's, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Frederick, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Prince George's, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Frederick, MD · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Montgomery, MD · Jun 2, 2022

A cold front slowly approached during the afternoon of the 2nd before passing through that night. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front.

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Flood

Frederick, MD · May 1, 2020

A period of heavy rainfall occurred downstream of a highly amplified trough April 30th into May 1st. A strong low-level jet transported a moisture rich airmass into the area, and strong synoptic scale ascent downstream of the closed upper low produced a soaking rainfall.

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Flash Flood

Baltimore, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood

Carroll, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flood

Baltimore, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flood

Baltimore, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flood

Baltimore, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flood

Montgomery, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flood

Baltimore, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flood

Baltimore, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flood

Carroll, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Flood

Baltimore, MD · Jun 10, 2021

A slow moving cold front dropped into the area from the northeast. The airmass was very warm and humid ahead of the boundary, and that led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

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Coastal Flood

Queen Annes, MD · Sep 6, 1996

The remnants of Hurricane Fran moved through West Virginia on the 6th reaching northwest Pennsylvania the morning of the 7th. The strong south to southeast winds accompanying it caused tidal flooding along Chesapeake Bay.

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Flash Flood

Prince George's, MD · Sep 16, 1999

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.

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