Drought, Garrett
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Garrett forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Drought in Maryland, September 1 to 30, 1999
40 inches above normal for September, easing drought conditions a bit. The main contributor to the rainfall total was the remnants of Hurricane Floyd, which passed to the east of the area.
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.
Rainfall averaged around 0.40 inches above normal for September, easing drought conditions a bit. The main contributor to the rainfall total was the remnants of Hurricane Floyd, which passed to the east of the area. As a result of the rainfall, the governor downgraded the drought emergency to a drought warning for Garrett County, as well as the entire state of Maryland. However, the 365-day rainfall still remained around 5.0 to 7.0 inches below the 30-year normal and the Palmer Drought Severity Index still showed Garrett County continuing under an extreme drought through September.
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
- Drought in Ohio, September 1 to 30, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Arizona, September 1 to 20, 1999
- Drought in Kentucky, September 1 to 30, 1999
- Drought in New Jersey, September 1 to 27, 1999
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, September 1 to 5, 1999
- Drought in New York, September 1 to 30, 1999
- Flooding in North Dakota, September 1 to 30, 1999
- Drought in Delaware, September 1 to 17, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, September 1 to 30, 1999
- Drought in Virginia, September 1 to 30, 1999
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 1, 1999
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, September 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: 5713297.