Maryland, 2015

Heavy Rain in Maryland, November 9 to 10, 2015

November 9 to 10, 2015 · NWS AKQ · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

0 inches across much of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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
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 AKQ wrote it up.

Low pressure moving up along the East Coast produced rainfall amounts between 1.5 inches and 3.0 inches across much of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.

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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 9, 4:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 4:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Dorchester

When
November 9, 7:00 PM EST to November 10, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Dorchester County, 1 mi N of Wingate to 5 mi WNW of Vienna
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.294, -76.080

Rainfall amounts generally ranged between 1.3 inches and 2.5 inches across the county. Vienna (5 WNW) reported 2.03 inches of rain. Wingate (1 N) reported 1.43 inches of rain.

Heavy Rain, Somerset

When
November 9, 7:00 PM EST to November 10, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Somerset County, 2 mi SSW of Princess Anne to 1 mi SSW of Deal Is
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.173, -75.714

Rainfall amounts generally ranged between 1.5 inches and 2.8 inches across the county. Deal Island (1 SSW) reported 2.78 inches of rain. Princess Anne (2 SSW) reported 2.50 inches of rain.

Heavy Rain, Wicomico

When
November 9, 7:00 PM EST to November 10, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Wicomico County, 3 mi WSW of Salisbury to 1 mi SSW of Hebron
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
38.353, -75.651

Rainfall amounts generally ranged between 1.5 inches and 2.8 inches across the county. Hebron (1 SSW) reported 2.83 inches of rain. Salisbury (3 WSW) reported 2.59 inches of rain.

Heavy Rain, Worcester

When
November 9, 7:00 PM EST to November 10, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Worcester County, Ocean City Arpt to 4 mi SE of Ironshire
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.320, -75.120

Rainfall amounts generally ranged between 1.5 inches and 2.7 inches across the county. Ironshire (4 SE) reported 2.69 inches of rain. Ocean City Airport reported 2.51 inches of rain.

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

More

Every storm in Maryland in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, November 2015

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: 609301, 609303, 609307, 609309.