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Flash Flood — Kennebec, ME

Sep 26, 2021

A slow moving cold front moved from west to east across Maine on the evening of the 24th into the early morning of the 25th, bringing around an inch of rainfall to most of the area. The same frontal boundary lifted back into the state during the early morning hours of the 26th. The warm moist air returned and training showers and thunderstorms lingered over Mid-coast into central Maine. Rainfall rates increased to around 1.5 inches per hour and lingered for 2 to 3 hours. The total rainfall amoun

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 976516). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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