Harford sees flooding, downed trees after heavy rain and wind swept region

Harford County received nearly 500 emergency calls as Tuesday’s heavy rain and high winds resulted in flooding, downed trees and stuck vehicles throughout the county, a spokesperson for the county executive’s office said Wednesday.

Most localities in the state saw at least 2 inches of rainfall during the storm, the National Weather Service reports. In Harford, Abingdon saw 4.40 inches, with Bel Air reaching 3.98 inches of rainfall. During the peak of the storm between 5 and 9 p.m., the 911 call center received 489 emergency calls and 227 non-emergency calls, a spokesperson for the county executive’s office said in an email to The Baltimore Sun.

Additionally, the county Special Operations crews responded to nine swift water rescue calls that occurred, including one in Baltimore County.

“In each case, drivers tried to drive through standing water and either the vehicle’s engine died, or the vehicle was swept up in the water, no injuries were reported,” the spokesperson said.

The majority of rescues in Harford occurred near Winters Run in the Edgewood/Joppa areas and Deer Creek in northern Harford County, the spokesperson said. Two rescues occurred at Walters Mill Road and Sandy Hook Road in Forest Hill along Deer Creek.

Most of the rescues happened within 90 minutes of each other.

Additionally, the storm caused 34 total road closures. Of the closures, 25 were county roads, and nine were state-owned. As of Wednesday afternoon, four state roads and three county roads remain closed.

The storm damaged three townhomes in the 1900 block of Millington Square in Bel Air sustaining damage from a fallen tree, the spokesperson said. While minor injuries were reported, no one was taken to the hospital.