Maryland, 2024

Flash Flooding in Maryland, July 18, 2024

July 18, 2024 · NWS AKQ · 4 events in 1 county or zone

Scattered thunderstorms along a frontal boundary produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.

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 AKQ wrote it up.

Scattered thunderstorms along a frontal boundary produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding across portions 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 Jul 18, 8:10 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 8:10 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

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The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:33 UTC.

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Event by event

4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Worcester

When
July 18, 11:34 AM EST to 2:20 PM EST
Where
Worcester County, 1.29 mi WNW of West Ocean City to 0.98 mi NW of West Ocean City
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
38.340, -75.120

Flash flooding or high water was reported on several roads in West Ocean City.

Flash Flood, Worcester

When
July 18, 11:35 AM EST to 2:20 PM EST
Where
Worcester County, 0.54 mi E of West Ocean City to 0.55 mi W of Ocean City
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
38.330, -75.090

High water was reported over South 2nd Street with one vehicle stuck in the water.

Flash Flood, Worcester

When
July 18, 11:36 AM EST to 2:20 PM EST
Where
Worcester County, 0.54 mi E of West Ocean City to 0.53 mi W of Ocean City
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
38.330, -75.090

Flooded road was reported near Ocean City Inlet.

Flash Flood, Worcester

When
July 18, 12:03 PM EST to 2:20 PM EST
Where
Worcester County, 1.38 mi N of Ocean City
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
38.350, -75.080

Street flooding was reported with a street closed. Vehicles were stranded.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 1204700, 1204702, 1204704, 1204706.