More than 3 inches of rain fell in a span of two hours in Ocean City on Thursday, causing several inches of flooding in low-lying parts of the resort town and along Coastal Highway.
At Ocean City Municipal Airport, on the mainland across from the barrier island, 3.14 inches fell from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the bulk of it between 10 a.m. and noon, according to the National Weather Service.
While flooding is relatively common in the downtown area on the southern end of Ocean City, such as during Superstorm Sandy when water was as much as several feet deep in the area, flooding was significant in north Ocean City.