Flash Flood, Frederick
- When
- July 8, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Frederick County, Frederick
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.472, -77.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Maryland, July 8, 1996
5 inches of rain, with up to 5 inches at some locations, across the northern Maryland piedmont. Taneytown (Carroll Co) experienced the most acute flooding from 4 inches of rain.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A slow-moving thunderstorm dumped between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain, with up to 5 inches at some locations, across the northern Maryland piedmont. Taneytown (Carroll Co) experienced the most acute flooding from 4 inches of rain. At least 30 basements flooded, and fire fighters needed 18 pumps to bail water out. One resident reported water flowing through his backyard. Four apartments had damaged furnaces; other appliances (washer/dryer) were also damaged. One vehicle was swept away. In addition, state route 194 had high standing water.Elsewhere, small creeks were out of their banks around the city of Frederick. Roads flooded in Towson (central Baltimore Co).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 8, 1996
- Tornado in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 8, 1996
- Hail in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5568043.