Event narrative (NOAA)
A mudslide closed a section of Harp Mill Road in Wolfsville. Numerous road closures and water rescues were reported countywide. The Monacacy River overflowed, flooding a parking lot and field along Monocacy Boulevard. Basement flooding occurred in Emmitsburg, Myersville and Middletown. Shank Road was closed indefinitely to repair a washed-out pipe.Three adults died when they were washed out of the bed of a pickup truck east of Myersville. They evacuated their car when it stalled in high water near Ellerton on Route 17 along the Middle Creek around 830 PM. The driver of the pickup truck gave the three a ride shortly before the three people went missing. It is unsure whether they were swept out or tried to swim. Additionally, two teenagers died after exploring Little Pipe Creek in New Midwa
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.