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Flash Flood — York, ME

Aug 22, 2022

A warm front with moisture laden air moved into the area with dewpoints in the mid 60s to lower 70s. An upper level low slowly moved east through southern New England with a surface low and associated cold front. This supported rounds of convection across the region during the afternoon into the early evening. A sea breeze front stalled and converged with the warm frontal boundary resulting in a nearly stationary storm with heavy rainfall across southern Maine that produced reports of 4 to 11 i

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1055196). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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