Maryland, 2001

Heavy Rain in Maryland, March 29 to 30, 2001

March 29 to 30, 2001 · NWS PHI · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Heavy rain fell across most of the Maryland Eastern Shore on the 29th and 30th. Light rain began falling during the morning of the 29th and fell heavy at times the evening of the 29th and the first couple of hours of the 30th.

Where it happened

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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 PHI wrote it up.

Heavy rain fell across most of the Maryland Eastern Shore on the 29th and 30th. Light rain began falling during the morning of the 29th and fell heavy at times the evening of the 29th and the first couple of hours of the 30th. The rain ended by mid morning on the 30th. There was ponding of water in low lying and poor drainage areas. There were no reports of serious flooding. Storm totals averaged near 2 inches. Specific storm totals included 2.06 inches in Easton (Talbot County), 1.89 inches at the Conowingo Dam (Cecil County) and 1.83 inches in Stevensville (Queen Anne's County). A low pressure system developed over the Gulf of Mexico the night of the 28th. By the morning of the 29th, it moved northeast into the Florida Panhandle and by the morning of the 30th, it reached the Delmarva Peninsula. The low moved offshore that morning and by the morning of the 31st was located near Nova Scotia.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 29, 3:00 AM EST, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:00 AM EST, 7 hours before
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The radar

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Event by event

4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Cecil

When
March 29, 10:00 AM EST to March 30, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Cecil County, Countywide
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Kent

When
March 29, 10:00 AM EST to March 30, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Kent County, Countywide
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Queen Anne'S

When
March 29, 10:00 AM EST to March 30, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Queen Anne'S County, Countywide
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Talbot

When
March 29, 10:00 AM EST to March 30, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Talbot County, Countywide
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
38.749, -76.179 (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

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Every storm in Maryland in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, March 2001

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: 5235310, 5235311, 5235312, 5235313.