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Flash Flood — Somerset, ME

Jun 29, 2023

During the afternoon of June 29th, showers and thunderstorms developed across the western Maine Mountains and foothills. While most of these storms moved from southwest to northeast, a few remained stalled over the same location for multiple hours leading to radar estimated rainfall of over 3.5���. With some very localized areas approaching estimated rainfall of up to 5���. Over 2��� of this rain occurred in one hour. While two trained weather spotters in Rockwood, Maine, r

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1109691). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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