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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.

Flash Flood

Allegany, MD · Aug 2, 2018

A southerly flow pumped in plenty of moisture from the Atlantic while a slow moving cold front approached from the west. Copious amounts of moisture ahead of the boundary led to showers and thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, MD · Aug 2, 2018

A southerly flow pumped in plenty of moisture from the Atlantic while a slow moving cold front approached from the west. Copious amounts of moisture ahead of the boundary led to showers and thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood

Allegany, MD · Aug 2, 2018

A southerly flow pumped in plenty of moisture from the Atlantic while a slow moving cold front approached from the west. Copious amounts of moisture ahead of the boundary led to showers and thunderstorms.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Allegany, MD · Aug 2, 2018

A southerly flow pumped in plenty of moisture from the Atlantic while a slow moving cold front approached from the west. Copious amounts of moisture ahead of the boundary led to showers and thunderstorms.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Allegany, MD · Aug 2, 2018

A southerly flow pumped in plenty of moisture from the Atlantic while a slow moving cold front approached from the west. Copious amounts of moisture ahead of the boundary led to showers and thunderstorms.

Read the full account →
Flood

Allegany, MD · Aug 2, 2018

A southerly flow pumped in plenty of moisture from the Atlantic while a slow moving cold front approached from the west. Copious amounts of moisture ahead of the boundary led to showers and thunderstorms.

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Flood

Washington, MD · Aug 2, 2018

A southerly flow pumped in plenty of moisture from the Atlantic while a slow moving cold front approached from the west. Copious amounts of moisture ahead of the boundary led to showers and thunderstorms.

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Flood

Allegany, MD · Aug 2, 2018

A southerly flow pumped in plenty of moisture from the Atlantic while a slow moving cold front approached from the west. Copious amounts of moisture ahead of the boundary led to showers and thunderstorms.

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Coastal Flood

Anne Arundel, MD · Sep 14, 2019

Persistent easterly flow allowed water to build up in the lower part of the Chesapeake Bay in the tidewater area of Virginia. As the flow turned southerly, this brought most of the water anomalies northward along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay and tidal Potomac River,…

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Flash Flood

Garrett, MD · Jul 11, 2019

A passing shortwave trough and surface cold front brought scattered showers and thunderstorm on July 11th. Increasing shear, building instability, and mid-level dry resulted in a few strong storms across the area.

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Flash Flood

Cecil, MD · Jun 27, 2015

Showers and thunderstorms, particularly during the late afternoon and early evening on the 27th brought very heavy rain to the Eastern Shore and caused flash flooding.

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