Flash Flood, Talbot
- When
- July 28, 8:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot County, West Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Maryland, July 28, 2000
A nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped a Doppler Radar estimated 6 inches of rain across western Talbot County innundating Claiborne and Saint Michaels. m.
Where it happened
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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 PHI wrote it up.
A nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped a Doppler Radar estimated 6 inches of rain across western Talbot County innundating Claiborne and Saint Michaels. Most of the heavy rain fell between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. EDT. Widespread flooding was reported on the east side of Saint Michaels from Mill Street to the Maritime Museum and the Town Deck Marina. Many merchants reported flooding. There was one foot of water on both Main Street in Saint Michaels and Maryland State Route 33. Fire fighter responses to house fires caused by the lightning were slowed because of the flooded roadways.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 28, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 28, 2000
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: 5163240.