Maryland, 2001

Drought in Maryland, November 1 to 30, 2001

November 1 to 30, 2001 · NWS PHI · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

5 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 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 Nov 1, 3:15 PM EST, 8 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 3:15 PM EST, 8 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
315 PM EST THU NOV 1 2001

MAIN FEATURE FOR THIS FORECAST IS THE COLD FROPA EARLY SAT MRNG.
BOTH ETA AND AVN SHOW SFC FRONT PASSING THRU THE FA AROUND 12Z.
BTR UPPER SUPPORT WITH FNTL PASSAGE IS OVR NRN NJ AND NEPA...AS IS
SLGTLY GREATER ETA QPF.  WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS FRI NIGHT OVR NRN
AREAS BUT OTRW JUST CHC OF RW LATER FRI NIGHT AND EARLY SAT MRNG. RH
PATN INDCS SKIES SHOULD CLR EVERYWHERE SAT AFN. TENDED TWDS COOLER
MAV GUIDANCE HIGH TEMPS ON SAT.

OTRW...JUST SOME PATCHY HIGH TO MID CLDS MOVG ACRS THE RGN TONIGHT
AND MOST OF TMRW AHEAD OF COLD FNT.  ALTHO THE WIND SHOULD BE A
LITTLE STRONGER THAN LAST NIGHT...SOME AREAS OF FOG ARE LIKELY AGAIN
TONIGHT SPCLY OVER SRN COASTAL AREAS WHERE STLT LOOP SHOWS FOG/ST
BANK DVLPG NWD.  FWC/MAV GUIDANCE TEMPS ARE CLOSE AND GENLY
FOLLOWED.

MARINE...CWF WILL INCLUDE HEADLINE THAT SMALL CRAFT ADVSRY MAY BE
NEEDED FRI AFTN AND EVE...MAINLY FOR SEAS.

FCSTID = 20
MPO   51  65  48  55 /  10  30  70  20
ABE   48  69  50  60 /  10  30  60  20
RDG   48  69  50  60 /  10  30  60  20
PHL   52  72  55  64 /   0  20  50  30
12N   48  69  50  60 /  10  30  60  20
SMQ   51  71  54  63 /   0  20  50  30
TTN   51  71  54  63 /   0  20  50  30
MIV   52  72  56  65 /   0  10  40  30
ACY   54  69  55  67 /   0  10  30  30
ILG   52  73  55  65 /   0  10  40  40
DOV   52  72  56  65 /   0  10  40  30
GED   52  72  56  65 /   0  10  40  30
ESN   52  72  56  65 /   0  10  40  30

.PHI...
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
PA...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Caroline

When
November 1, 11:59 PM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Caroline forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Kent

When
November 1, 11:59 PM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Kent forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Queen Annes

When
November 1, 11:59 PM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Queen Annes forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Talbot

When
November 1, 11:59 PM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Talbot forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cecil

When
November 1, 11:59 PM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Cecil forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

More

Every storm in Maryland in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, November 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: 5272954, 5272955, 5272956, 5272957, 5272958.