NWS Wakefield VAFF.W 0079August 20, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester, MD
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a flash flood warning for Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester in Maryland, which was in force until 12:00 a.m. local time on August 21. It was the 79th flash flood warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026. Maryland had 12 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 13 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Maryland's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester
- State
- Maryland
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:56 p.m. EDT, August 20, 2026
- Expires
- 12:00 a.m. EDT, August 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ FF.W 0079
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Somerset County in southeastern Maryland... Wicomico County in southeastern Maryland... Northwestern Worcester County in southeastern Maryland... * Until midnight EDT. * At 856 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 inches in 30 minutes. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Salisbury, Ocean City, Fruitland, Princess Anne, Salisbury University, University Of Maryland Eastern Shore, Berlin, Parsonsburg, West Pocomoke, Newark, Westover, Ocean Pines, Cape Isle Of Wight, Deal Island, Pittsville, Willards, Longridge, Salisbury-Wicomico, Lakewood and Chesapeake Heights.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report flooding by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.