Sep 16, 2023
Hurricane Lee was a category 1 hurricane as it traveled north through the eastern Gulf of Maine early on Saturday, September 16th, before it was reclassified as Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee during the morning hours. The storm center eventually made landfall near Long Island, Nova Scotia on the evening of September 16th and then again in New Brunswick later on Saturday night. Lee brought numerous wind gusts of 35 to 50 mph across western Maine, which result in several downed trees and power outages.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1143052). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Coastal Waldo County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.