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Flood — Southern Oxford, ME

Apr 28, 2005

A cold front moved through Maine on the afternoon of April 27th. Low pressure developed on the front along the coast of Maine late in the day and produced copious amounts of rainfall across the area into the morning of the 28th. Rainfall amounts of over 4 inches were common in Waldo and Knox Counties. Cushing received 7.85 inches, West Rockport received 6.63 inches, Camden received 5.28 inches, and Sedgewick received 4.13 inches. This event and the rainfall event of the 24th and 25th caused ma

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5451496). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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