Flash Flood, Baltimore
- When
- June 17, 9:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Baltimore County, S Portion
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.443, -76.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Maryland, June 17, 1996
Intense thunderstorms dumped torrential rainfall over the northern and eastern suburbs of Baltimore City. 5 and 4 inches in less than 2 hours in the hardest hit areas.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $50,000
- 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.
Intense thunderstorms dumped torrential rainfall over the northern and eastern suburbs of Baltimore City. Storm totals were estimated between 3.5 and 4 inches in less than 2 hours in the hardest hit areas. In Randallstown, the parking lot of a strip mall was under water. Numerous basements and underpasses were flooded from Pikesville to Essex. The combination of high water, gusty winds, and copious lightning knocked out power to at least 6000 county residents. A freight train derailed in Reisterstown when the track was partially washed out.
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
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More
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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: 5560599.