Tropical Storm in Maryland

Events

101

Deaths

3

Injuries

201

Damage

$555 million

• Tropical Storm in Maryland, September 18 to 19, 20031 death · 200 injured · $531 million · 8 eventsOn September 18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel made landfall on the North Carolina Coast. Its huge wind field was already piling water up into the southern Chesapeake Bay. By the time Isabel moved into central Virginia, it had weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Maryland, August 4 to 5, 20201 death · 1 injured · $1.9 million · EF1 · 44 eventsTropical Storm Isaias moved up the east coast, passing through southern Maryland on the morning of Tuesday, August 4th, 2020, spawning several tornadoes as well as flooding rain and tropical storm force winds.
• Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Maryland, August 27 to 28, 20111 death · $4.1 million · 15 eventsHurricane Irene produced heavy flooding rain, tropical storm force wind gusts and caused one wind related death across the Eastern Shore. Preliminary damage estimates were around three million dollars and approximately 85,000 homes and businesses lost power.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Maryland, September 16, 199916 injured · $7.1 million · 30 eventsHurricane Floyd made landfall just east of Cape Fear, North Carolina in the early morning hours of the 16th and moved north-northeast across extreme southeast Virginia to near Ocean City, Maryland by evening on the 16th.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Maryland, September 18 to 19, 2003$50 million · 50 kt wind · 15 eventsTropical Storm Isabel caused a record breaking tide and storm surge up the Chesapeake Bay, heavy rain and strong power outage producing winds. Isabel made landfall as a hurricane near Drum Inlet, North Carolina around 100 p.m.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, August 27 to 28, 2011$12 million · 12 eventsHurricane Irene tracked up the Mid-Atlantic Coast during the evening hours of the 27th through the early morning hours of the 28th. Irene passed by just to the east of Ocean City, Maryland during the early morning hours of the 28th.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, August 27 to 28, 2011$4.0 million · 5 eventsHurricane Irene moving northward over the outer banks of North Carolina and just off the Virginia and Maryland coasts produced tropical storm force winds across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore from Saturday morning, August 27th into Sunday morning, August 28th.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, September 18 to 19, 2003$2.5 million · 5 eventsHurricane Isabel was a Category 1 hurricane as it crossed the Wakefield WFO county warning area. Isabel produced tropical storm force sustained winds and wind gusts over the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, August 4, 2020$1.3 million · 5 eventsThe center of Tropical Storm Isaias tracked north just inland of the Middle Atlantic Coast from late Monday night, August 3rd through Tuesday morning, August 4th.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, July 8 to 9, 2021$105,000 · 5 eventsThe center of Tropical Storm Elsa tracked north just inland of the Middle Atlantic Coast from Thursday morning through Thursday night, July 8th. The Tropical Storm produced tropical storm force winds and associated wind damage across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, October 8, 1996$100,000 · 5 eventsRemnants of Tropical Storm Josephine moved quickly up the East Coast during Tuesday, October 8th, affecting the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore. The storm produced 1.5 to 3.5 inches of rain resulting in flooding of several roads.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, September 22 to 23, 2023$42,000 · 3 eventsTropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in Emerald Island, NC (in the southeast part of the state) at 6:20 AM on Saturday, 9/23 as a tropical storm with 70 mph winds.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, September 6, 2008$30,000 · 5 eventsTropical Storm Hanna affected much of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below three inches.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, September 5 to 6, 2019$20,000 · 2 eventsHurricane Dorian tracking northeast along the North Carolina coast and just off the Virginia coast produced tropical storm winds and associated wind damage across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
• Tornado and Tropical Storm in Maryland, August 4, 2020EF0 · 14 eventsTropical Storm Isaias brought high winds, heavy rain, several tornadoes, and coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic region, becoming the most impactful tropical cyclone to impact most of the region since Sandy in 2012.
• Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Maryland, September 6, 200810 eventsTropical Storm Hanna tracked up the Mid-Atlantic coast on the 6th with maximum sustained winds around 50 mph. Hanna originally made landfall near the border of North and South Carolina around 3:20 AM on the 6th.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Maryland, September 6, 20087 eventsTropical Storm Hanna brought heavy rain, strong winds and some tidal flooding to the Eastern Shore during the day and into the evening of the 6th.
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, September 2 to 5, 20165 eventsTropical Storm Hermine moving northeast along the Southeast Coast then off the Mid Atlantic Coast produced a few tropical storm force wind gusts, minor coastal flooding, and locally heavy rainfall across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore from Friday evening, September…
• Tropical Storm in Maryland, August 21, 20251 eventThe center of Hurricane Erin stayed several hundred miles east of the Middle Atlantic coast on August 21, 2025. However, due the extremely large size of the cyclone with an expansive wind field, tropical storm force gusts occurred over the Atlantic and Lower Maryland beaches.

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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.