Drought, Garrett
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Garrett forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Drought in Maryland, August 1 to 31, 1999
The dry conditions that actually began in July 1998 continued through the month of August across Garrett County. S.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 PBZ wrote it up.
The dry conditions that actually began in July 1998 continued through the month of August across Garrett County. The month started with the county under a state-declared Drought Emergency, and on August 2 the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared the county an agricultural disaster area, enabling farmers to apply for federal aid. Although rains across the area during the last few weeks of the month started to ease the drought situation, a statewide rainfall deficit of over 9 inches still existed.
Event by event
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 18, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, August 1, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 1 to 11, 1999
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, August 1999
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: 5714857.