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Flash Flood — Kennebec, ME

Apr 22, 2000

A weakening area of low pressure was located over the state of Michigan at 7 pm on the 21st as a secondary low developed over northern Virginia. Precipitation began falling in southwestern Maine during the late afternoon and evening of the 21st. The Virginia low began to strengthen as it moved very slowly northeastward to a position just southeast of New York City by 7 am on the 22nd. By this time, up to 2.5 inches of rain had already fallen in portions of coastal Maine. The low continued to

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5142962). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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