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Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2022

42 flash flood warnings in 2022. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.

Flash Flood Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Flash Flood Warnings
42
Busiest month
August18 flash flood warnings
Busiest day
August 10, 20226 flash flood warnings

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

25 of 42 flash flood warnings covering Maryland in 2022 had a flash flood report inside them; 58 of 65 flash flood reports fell inside a warning, on average 94 minutes after it went out.

Maryland, 2022

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Flash flood warnings422540%6589%94 min

Each office's whole area, 2022

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings332136%41100%37 min
NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings773456%8488%90 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: flash flood warnings19953%2681%45 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXMontgomery, Prince George's100 min
Jun 8, 6:40 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXAnne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's75 min
Jun 8, 7:47 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXHoward, Montgomery2 hr
Jun 8, 9:00 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXBaltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore2 hr
Jun 8, 9:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore101 min
Jul 2, 6:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCecil78 min
Jul 2, 6:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFrederick, Washington113 min
Jul 2, 8:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore3 hr
Jul 2, 9:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMontgomery, Prince George's6 hr
Jul 2, 10:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMontgomery3 hr
Jul 2, 10:52 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXMontgomery3 hr
Jul 3, 12:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPrince George's116 min
Jul 8, 11:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMontgomery3 hr
Jul 8, 11:55 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXMontgomery3 hr
Jul 9, 12:18 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXMontgomery3 hr
Jul 9, 2:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXWashington88 min
Jul 9, 7:31 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXSaint Mary's115 min
Jul 16, 3:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel3 hr
Jul 16, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXAnne Arundel3 hr
Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQWicomico3 hr
Jul 25, 6:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXSaint Mary's3 hr
Aug 4, 5:08 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXAllegany, Garrett3 hr
Aug 4, 5:50 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore3 hr
Aug 4, 6:04 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore2 hr
Aug 4, 10:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMontgomery, Prince George's2 hr
Aug 5, 4:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPrince George's106 min
Aug 5, 6:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore115 min
Aug 5, 7:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot55 min
Aug 8, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPrince George's3 hr
Aug 10, 4:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMontgomery, Prince George's2 hr
Aug 10, 5:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMontgomery, Prince George's2 hr
Aug 10, 5:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Prince George's2 hr
Aug 10, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXPrince George's110 min
Aug 10, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Prince George's97 min
Aug 10, 6:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore2 hr
Aug 10, 8:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAllegany2 hr
Aug 21, 10:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford2 hr
Aug 22, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford2 hr
Aug 22, 5:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford102 min
Sep 7, 11:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXWashington3 hr
Sep 7, 12:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFrederick, Washington2 hr
Sep 12, 6:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore3 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.