The remnants of Hurricane Debby are bringing heavy rainfall and a multitude of storm warnings to Maryland through Friday evening, with forecasters expecting between 2 and 4 inches of rainfall, though some areas could see more.

A tornado watch for much of the Baltimore area, including Baltimore County, Howard County and Anne Arundel County, ended at 2 p.m. Friday. A watch means weather conditions are favorable for tornado formation. Parts of Carroll County, Charles County and Prince George’s County have also seen tornado warnings Friday morning, meaning a tornado has been indicated by weather radar.

Excessive rainfall from the storm — now technically a post-tropical cyclone — could cause flash flooding, and the National Weather Service has issued coastal flood and gale warnings for areas along the Chesapeake Bay.

Flooding has already been reported in areas around the harbor in Baltimore and at the City Dock in Annapolis.

Kevin Simmons, Annapolis director of emergency operations, said the flooding in low-lying parts of the city peaked at 4.54 feet early Friday morning. It is considered, unofficially, the eighth worst flooding in city history.

The area around City Dock, including Compromise Street, Memorial Circle, and Dock Street, were closed because of high water. Owners of businesses, many of them protected by sandbags, were checking damage.

Five inches of water flooded the Annapolis Maritime Museum, a former oyster packing house in the Eastport neighborhood. That’s considered light compared to past floods, Simmons said, and work crews quickly cleaned up the damage.

”Annapolis is tough,” Simmons said. “We’ve been through this before and people know the drill.”

Flooding is always made worse by a wind from the southeast, which pushes water up the bay and into rivers and creeks. That’s exactly what Debby did. City officials will not begin an official assessment of damage until after the water recedes overnight. This is the second major flood this year, with a storm in January ranking as the fifth worst.

”We’ve never had two top 10 floods in one year, he said.

Sveinn Storm, who’s been selling ice cream at Storm Brothers for 48 years, said his business would be open again on Saturday.

He put in door dams, blocked the drains in his floor, and plugged his toilets. That left him dealing with water flooding in from neighboring businesses. But he’s been through this before.

That doesn’t mean Storm isn’t mad. He’s unhappy that Annapolis mayor Gavin Buckley has supersized a flooding-climate project at City Dock, making it much grander than Storm thinks was necessary. It’s also coming later than Storm hoped.

The $100 million project has been approved at the local level but is currently going through FEMA approval.

In Baltimore, the city’s Department of Transportation towed some vehicles out of flooded areas. Residents can call 311 to find where the cars have been moved to.

Baltimore’s Department of Public Works canceled all solid waste services on Friday due to the tornado watch, suspending trash and recycling collections and mechanical street sweeping services. Drop-off centers, the Quarantine Road Landfill and the Northwest Transfer Station are closed.

Residents whose pickup day was Tuesday — which was paused in response to the death of a public works crewmember — will have trash and recycling collected this Saturday. The makeup day for residents whose pickup day was Friday will be Monday.

In advance of the rain, the Transportation Department said it preventatively blocked off roadways in low-lying areas Thursday which typically flood during heavy rain events.

About 7,800 Baltimore Gas and Electric customers are without power as of 9 p.m. Friday, according BGE’s online outage map. Crews have restored service to 24,000 customers during this storm. The utility said the storm caused damage by knocking down trees and tree limbs and it hopes to have power restored to 80% of all customers by 11 p.m. Friday.

The remaining customers should see power restored by 11 p.m. Saturday, BGE said.

Residents can report an outage online, by text or phone call. The company said it scheduled additional crews and contractors to support restoration work.

The region could see some thunderstorms tonight, but chances are lower as the sky clears up in the evening. Saturday is expected to be sunnier in the high 80s, with some wind gusts.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday directed the Department of Emergency Management to coordinate a preparation of state government ahead of the storm’s arrival. The Maryland Transportation Authority warned motorists to expect wind and traffic congestion on state bridges Friday.

Baltimore distributed sandbags Wednesday, canceled outdoor permitted events and recreation activities and closed all pools through Saturday. City leaders activated the Emergency Operations Center and the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services said it will open an emergency shelter Friday and Saturday at the Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center.

The Parking Authority of Baltimore City also made space in three public parking facilities for Fells Point residents to park their cars ahead of possible flooding. The free spaces are available on a first come, first served basis starting Thursday at 10 a.m. until Saturday, though officials may extend the time frame based on conditions and monthly parking contract obligations.

Free parking at public garages:

• Fleet and Eden Garage at 501 S. Eden St. (Google Maps)
• Caroline Street Garage at 805 S. Caroline St. (Google Maps)
• Little Italy parking garage at 400 S. Central Ave. (Google Maps)

To receive alerts, tips, and resources related to threats and hazards affecting, or that may affect, Maryland, state officials said to text MdReady to 211-631 or text MdListo for Spanish.

Baltimore Banner staff writer Rick Hutzell contributed to this report.