Heavy Rain, Dorchester
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Cambridge
- Coordinates
- 38.423, -76.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 27 to 28, 1998
A Nor'easter produced heavy rain and strong winds across the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday, January 27th and Wednesday, January 28th. Rainfall totals generally ranged from 3 to 5 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 AKQ wrote it up.
A Nor'easter produced heavy rain and strong winds across the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday, January 27th and Wednesday, January 28th. Rainfall totals generally ranged from 3 to 5 inches. This rainfall caused street flooding and flooding of poor drainage areas throughout the region.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Somerset
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, Princess Anne
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -75.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Wicomico
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wicomico County, Salisbury
- Coordinates
- 38.369, -75.631 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Worcester
- When
- January 27, 2:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Worcester County, Ocean City
- Coordinates
- 38.217, -75.297 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Maryland, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 27 to 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 27 to 28, 1998
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, January 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5629790, 5629791, 5629792, 5629793.