Tropical Depression Debby made its way through Annapolis Friday, bringing record flooding to the City Dock area, an unconfirmed report from the Annapolis Office of Emergency Management says. The city reported that the water was about 4.2 feet above normal levels during high tide Friday morning, said Nicole Torres, spokesperson for OEM.
City Dock and Compromise Street were closed down because of a significant amount of standing water in the area. Floodwaters stopped just short of where the Market House sits on Main Street. “This is the first time we’ve had two top ten [flooding] events in the same year,” Torres said Friday morning.
Flooding from January’s storm surpassed those of October 2021, making this the third biggest flooding event in the city’s history . In October 2021, flooding reached 4.9 feet above normal water levels.
In January, the waters reached 5.1 feet above normal levels. Friday’s floodwater is suspected to be ranked as the ninth-biggest flooding event in the city’s history.
A confirmation will be released when the storm passes, according to Torres. Preliminary estimates show that hide tide is expected to be “not nearly as bad as this morning,” Torres said Friday afternoon. Forecasters are estimating that the evening high tide will be about 3.
2 feet above normal water levels. High tide is expected to arrive around 10 p.m.
Randall Street, which closed down Friday morning, has reopened while City Dock and Compromise Street remain closed. There.