Coastal Flood — Somerset, Maryland

2021-10-28 to 2021-10-29 · Somerset, Maryland

$250K

Property damage

Event narrative

Strong low pressure tracked from the Middle Mississippi Valley east northeast toward the Northeast United States from Thursday, October 28th into Saturday, October 30th. This system produced very strong east southeast winds, then strong south to southwest winds through the period. This caused moderate to major (tidal) coastal flooding across portions of Somerset county adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay. Crisfield reached 5.12 feet MLLW at 724 pm on Friday, October 29. Only 3 residents were displaced from their homes. The hardest hit location was Crisfield. Most homes and businesses had been elevated since Sandy and only those that weren't experienced damage with this event. Still, a lot of detached sheds and carports had water in them. Maximum inundation was right around 3 feet which is equivalent to our major flood stage at the Crisfield gauge. At the height of the event on Friday (October 29), all roads in Crisfield were basically impassable. Smith Island and Deal Island also experienced significant flooding with inundation of around 3 feet. This put most of both islands under at least some water. On Smith Island, the Cultural Center had one foot of standing water inside it. A Smith Island school and church also had water inside them.

Wider weather episode

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 990756. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.