The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy moved across the Mid Atlantic on Thursday and Friday, July 7 and July 8. The primary hazardous conditions that developed were from the torrential rainfall associated with this storm.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy moved across the Mid Atlantic on Thursday and Friday, July 7 and July 8. The primary hazardous conditions that developed were from the torrential rainfall associated with this storm. Additionally, there were isolated reports of damage due to severe thunderstorm activity.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 2:20 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 320 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 .SHORT TERM (TNGT/FRI)... NOT MUCH CHG TO MY THINKING FM THE ERLR DSCN. BLV HVIEST PCPN WL BE ALONG THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS BTWN 06 AND 12Z. IN ADDITION TO THE REMNANTS OF CINDY THE OTHER REASON FOR CONCERN IS THE LOW LVL ERLY FLOW WHICH WOULD ENHANCE PCPN PROCESSES. A FLSH FLD WTCH IS UP FOR THE ENTIRE CWA...BUT I DONT THINK ALL AREAS IN THE CWA HV AN EQUAL THREAT. HIGHEST IS ERN MTN SLOPES PLUS AM ALSO CONCERNED ABT URBAN AREAS..WHILE LWR SRN MD HAS THE LOWEST THREAT. WE SPOKE W/ SPC ABT 1/2 HR AGO. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE TWO SVR WATCHES OUT TO OUR S. THEY ARE NOT XPCTG TO ISSUE ANYTHING IN OUR CWA IN THE NEXT FEW HRS. RW THAT ARE APPEARING AT THIS TIME ARE FORMING IN THE NRN PART OF THE CWA BASED ON THAT IS THE ONLY AREA W/ A DIFFERENCE IN INSOLATION..FURTHER S IN OUR CWA IS ENTIRELY OVC. EVE SHIFT WL HV TO SEE HOW THINGS PROGRESS IN THE NEXT FEW HRS. AM EXITING THE BULK OF THE PCPN OUT OF THE NERN CORNER OF MD DURG MRNG HRS FRI. DEPENDING ON HOW THE PCPN OCCURS TNGT WELL HV TO SEE WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF RVR FLDG IS FRI/SAT. WOODY && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)... FRIDAY NIGHT THE LOW PRES WILL BE MOVING WELL TO THE NE OF THE CWFA. BROAD TROUGHING IN THE MID LVLS BEHIND THE LOW PRES WHILE RIDGING BUILDS IN AT THE SFC. THINK WE ARE SAFE TO REMOVE CHANCES OF PRECIP FRI NGT THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THIS PATTERN...HWVR SHOULD BE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER DUE TO RESIDUAL LOW LVL MOISTURE. LARGE SCALE MID LVL RIDGE MOVES FROM THE MS VLY ON SAT TOWARD THE EAST COAST ON SUN. THIS SHOULD HELP STEER A BIT OF THE MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DENNIS BACK TOWARD THE MID ATLC REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUS WE HAVE KEPT THE FCST DRY UNTIL LATE TUESDAY...AS LARGE SCALE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND SOME PVA WORKS INTO THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCES FOR TSRA/SHWR THROUGH THURSDAY. MEANWHILE TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE FROM THE LOWER 90S OVER THE WEEKEND BACK INTO THE 80S WITH SLIGHTLY DECREASING MID LVL HGTS. FOR NOW LATEST HPC GUIDANCE IS NOT LATCHING ONTO THE LATEST GFS SLTN WHICH SWINGS THE REMNANTS OF DENNIS BACK TOWARDS US BUT WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PATTERN. JB && .AVIATION...LOW CIGS/VBSY OVRNGT IN A LENGTHY PD OF MDT RA. && .MARINE...SCA WL BE UP ON THE WATERS BEGINNING AT MDNGT. WE WL HV TO KEEP OUR EYES ON TRW WHICH COULD BRING DOWN HIGHER WINDS. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR DCZ001 FROM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM FRIDAY. MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018 FROM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM FRIDAY. VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057 THIS EVENING TO 4 PM FRIDAY. WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ048>055 FROM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM FRIDAY. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ530>537 FROM MIDNIGHT TO 6 PM FRIDAY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1125 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021- 025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ048>055-081000- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ALLEGANY-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON- PENDLETON-HARDY- 1125 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO THE REGION. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY. THE RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AFTER 5 PM AND CONTINUE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AS THE REMNANT CIRCULATION MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE TORNADO THREAT AREA LOOKS TO BE FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE NORTHEAST TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND BALTIMORE...AND POINTS FURTHER EAST TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ON FRIDAY FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR RIVER FLOODING TO CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. JB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1130 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 DCZ001-MDZ006-007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ036>041-050>057- 072000- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA... BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY... CHARLOTTESVILLE...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX... ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG 1130 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADS TOWARD THE REGION... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER 5 PM AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF RIVER SYSTEMS AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOCALIZED AREAS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AS THE REMNANT CIRCULATION MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE TORNADO THREAT AREA IS FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE NORTHEAST TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND BALTIMORE...AND POINTS FURTHER EAST TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 5 PM AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. MDZ002>005-VAZ021-025>031-042-WVZ048>055-071945- ALLEGANY-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-HIGHLAND-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-LOUDOUN- GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUMBERLAND...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK... WESTMINSTER...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER... FRONT ROYAL...LEESBURG...BAYARD...PETERSBURG...KEYSER... MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN 1130 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HEADS TOWARD THE REGION... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO THE REGION. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER 5 PM AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING OF RIVER SYSTEMS AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOCALIZED AREAS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. JB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 318 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 MDZ006-072000- NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD- 318 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY... AT 315 PM...A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY BETWEEN BUTLER... UPPERCO... AND BORING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN IN THAT AREA. BE AWARE OF ANY RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS. ALSO BE CAUTIOUS DRIVING IN THIS AREA AS WATER MAY BE MOVING ACROSS LOW AREAS IN THE ROADWAY. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STRONG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 410 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 DCZ001-MDZ005>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ025-036>042-050>057- 080030- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL- CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-AUGUSTA-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON- RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...WESTMINSTER... GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF... ST MARYS CITY...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...CHARLOTTESVILLE... LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX... ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG 410 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA EARLY THIS EVENING. JUST TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK OF THE CIRCULATION...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THE MAIN TORNADO THREAT AREA IS FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE...NORTHEAST TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND BALTIMORE...AND POINTS FURTHER EAST TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LARGE STORM SYSTEM. BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IN CASE A TORNADO WARNING OR FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. JB
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
6 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
In Cockeysville, MD, there was scattered tree damage and trees were downed. There were also funnel cloud reports from the public, and unconfirmed reports of a tornado, but a survey by NWS officials found no evidence of a tornado.
In Cockeysville, MD, there was scattered tree damage and trees were downed. There were also funnel cloud reports from the public, and unconfirmed reports of a tornado, but a survey by NWS officials found no evidence of a tornado.
Roads were under water.
State route 450 was closed due to high water. One man was killed in a car accident on River Road when he lost control of the car and crashed into a fallen tree near Crownsville, MD.
The Monocacy River in Frederick County overflowed its banks due to heavy rain. Doppler radar rainfall estimates of two to four inches of rain occurred within only a couple hours. Roads were reported flooded and closed near the Monocacy River in Frederick County.
According to print media reports, two people were killed in Frederick County when the vehicle they were driving struck a guardrail and overturned. This occurred when there was heavy rain in the area.
Flooded roads were reported in the western portions of the county near Columbia. Trees were also downed due to the heavy rain.
Big Pipe Creek flooded its banks, and flooding was also reported in Union Mills, Maryland. High water was reported on roughly a half dozen roads. Flooding and road closures were also reported in Pleasant Valley, Manchester, and Lineboro, Maryland. Two teenagers were injured when the Nissan vehicle they were riding in skidded on a slick roadway and struck a tree. This accident occurred in Sykesville, Maryland. The injured occupants were both treated at a local hospital.
Roads under water.
Roads were flooded countywide and trees were downed due to the heavy rain and subsequent flooding.
Heavy rainfall caused a large sink hole to open. The sink hole measured 16 feet wide and 10 feet deep, and was located on the heavily traveled Baltimore-Washington Parkway, near Laurel, Maryland.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain, Frederick | 2005-07-07 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct | |
| Heavy Rain, Frederick | 2005-07-07 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maryland in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 2005
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: 5463642, 5463643, 5463641, 5463647, 5463645, 5463646, 5463717, 5463719, 5463644, 5463718, 5463648.