Alert archive / Maryland / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Maryland, 2020
42 flash flood watches in 2020. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 42
- Busiest month
- August18 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- June 5, 20203 flash flood watches
Over time
By month
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 12:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | 42 hr | |
| May 3, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Prince George's | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, City of Baltimore | 10 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Howard, Montgomery | 116 min |
| Jun 23, 1:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, City of Baltimore | 10 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Charles, Harford, Howard and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Cecil | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 30 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 20 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Montgomery, Prince George's | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Prince George's, City of Baltimore | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's | 9 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Howard and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Montgomery, Prince George's | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 43 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 7 more | 45 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 48 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 44 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 15 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 19 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 52 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 28 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 19 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany | 19 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 17 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 17 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 33 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Calvert, Charles, Saint Mary's | 11 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, City of Baltimore | 11 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Harford and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 31 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 29 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 31 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 16 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:27 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 9 more | 47 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Montgomery County19
- Prince George's County19
- Anne Arundel County16
- Charles County14
- Baltimore County14
- Howard County14
- City of Baltimore14
- Calvert County10
- Carroll County10
- Harford County10
- Frederick County9
- Cecil County9
- Saint Mary's County9
- Dorchester County9
- Wicomico County9
- Somerset County8
- Washington County7
- Kent County7
- Worcester County7
- Caroline County6
- Queen Anne's County6
- Talbot County6
- Allegany County5
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.