Alert archive / Maryland / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Maryland, 2018
26 flood watches in 2018. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 26
- Busiest month
- September7 flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20183 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 10, 3:20 AM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 39 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:38 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:23 PM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 51 hr | |
| Feb 22, 3:15 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 3 days | |
| May 16, 1:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 56 hr | |
| May 16, 1:40 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 3 days |
| May 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 3 days |
| May 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 51 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:11 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:03 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Harford and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:34 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 49 hr | |
| Sep 8, 3:34 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | Cecil | 60 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford and 5 more | 39 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:50 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 15 hr | |
| Sep 27, 2:39 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 27 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:04 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 20 hr | |
| Nov 14, 3:32 AM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 35 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:28 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Charles, Harford, Howard and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:45 AM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 13 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:35 PM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | Cecil | 27 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:04 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 63 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:16 PM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 3 days |
| Dec 19, 3:48 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 59 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:41 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:13 PM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 28 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Anne Arundel County10
- Baltimore County10
- Harford County10
- Howard County10
- Montgomery County10
- Prince George's County10
- City of Baltimore10
- Carroll County8
- Cecil County7
- Charles County7
- Frederick County7
- Kent County6
- Allegany County6
- Calvert County6
- Saint Mary's County6
- Washington County6
- Caroline County4
- Queen Anne's County4
- Talbot County4
- Dorchester County2
- Somerset County2
- Wicomico County2
- Worcester County2
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.