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Coastal Flood — Coastal Cumberland, ME

Apr 20, 2015

Low pressure rapidly intensified on the 20th of April over the Great Lakes as a secondary area of low pressure developed along the New England coastline. Gale force easterly winds over the coastal waters allowed for nearshore waves to build to nearly 15 feet. High astronomical tides coincided with a storm surge of around a foot to produce coastal flooding and minor to moderate splash-over and beach erosion near the time of high tide. ||The tide was above flood stage for nearly an hour at the Po

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 573511). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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