Flash Flood — Montgomery, Maryland

2025-07-31 · near Potomac, Montgomery, Maryland

Event narrative

Numerous road closures along River Road in Potomac due to 12 to 18 inches of flowing water over the roadway.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving cold front combined with a highly unstable atmosphere along with tropical moisture to produce slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rainfall. Some of these storms trained over the same areas, resulting in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding. Total rainfall amounts in areas with flash flooding averaged two to four inches, though some localized amounts up to six inches were observed.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1270194. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.