Flash Flood, Frederick
- When
- June 10, 7:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Frederick County, Brunswick
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 39.472, -77.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
Training thunderstorms, containing torrential rains, dumped an estimated 3 to 4 inches in a thin swath over extreme southern Frederick Co and northwestern Montgomery Co. In Dickerson, 2 feet of water was noted at the intersection of Dickerson Road (state route 28) and Nicholson Farm Road.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- 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.
Training thunderstorms, containing torrential rains, dumped an estimated 3 to 4 inches in a thin swath over extreme southern Frederick Co and northwestern Montgomery Co. In Dickerson, 2 feet of water was noted at the intersection of Dickerson Road (state route 28) and Nicholson Farm Road. A portion of Dickerson Road shifted due to the severe erosion. In addition, a resident reported 4 inches of flowing water "on the level" of his property. In Comus, a creek flooded a bridge of state route 109, with 2 1/2 feet of water overtop. Minor flooding was also reported at the Comus Inn restaurant; several residences' basements were flooded in the Comus/Barnesville area.
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
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Dust Devil in Arizona, June 10, 1996
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Hail in New York, June 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 10, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, June 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: 5560592.