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Maine Flood Stories

902 first-hand accounts of flood events in Maine, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood$1.8M damage

Oxford, ME · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure began organizing in the Gulf of Mexico on the 16th, setting record low sea level pressures as it traversed the Southeast through the 17th.

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Flood$1.7M damage

Franklin, ME · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure began organizing in the Gulf of Mexico on the 16th, setting record low sea level pressures as it traversed the Southeast through the 17th.

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Coastal Flood$3.0M damage

Lincoln, ME · Dec 23, 2022

Beginning on December 22nd a powerful storm was developing over the Ohio River Valley. On December 23rd the center of the storm was deepening rapidly (974mb) as it lifted through the eastern Great Lakes.

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Coastal Flood$3.0M damage

Sagadahoc, ME · Dec 23, 2022

Beginning on December 22nd a powerful storm was developing over the Ohio River Valley. On December 23rd the center of the storm was deepening rapidly (974mb) as it lifted through the eastern Great Lakes.

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Flood$1.4M damage

Androscoggin, ME · May 1, 2023

A broad area of low pressure across the Great Lakes region stalled out well to the west of the region early on Sunday, April 30th. A secondary area of low pressure developed and moved up the Eastern Seaboard and tracked across interior New England from Sunday, April 30th…

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Flood$1.2M damage

Oxford, ME · May 1, 2023

A broad area of low pressure across the Great Lakes region stalled out well to the west of the region early on Sunday, April 30th. A secondary area of low pressure developed and moved up the Eastern Seaboard and tracked across interior New England from Sunday, April 30th…

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Flash Flood$700K damage

Oxford, ME · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure began organizing in the Gulf of Mexico on the 16th, setting record low sea level pressures as it traversed the Southeast through the 17th.

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Flood$690K damage

Knox, ME · May 1, 2023

A broad area of low pressure across the Great Lakes region stalled out well to the west of the region early on Sunday, April 30th. A secondary area of low pressure developed and moved up the Eastern Seaboard and tracked across interior New England from Sunday, April 30th…

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Flood$581K damage

Kennebec, ME · May 1, 2023

A broad area of low pressure across the Great Lakes region stalled out well to the west of the region early on Sunday, April 30th. A secondary area of low pressure developed and moved up the Eastern Seaboard and tracked across interior New England from Sunday, April 30th…

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Flood$560K damage

Androscoggin, ME · Dec 19, 2023

Low pressure began organizing in the Gulf of Mexico on the 16th, setting record low sea level pressures as it traversed the Southeast through the 17th.

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Flash Flood$528K damage

Oxford, ME · Jun 26, 2023

Slow moving showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure moved across western Maine through the night of June 25th and into the morning of June 26th.

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Flood$500K damage

Franklin, ME · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure began organizing in the Gulf of Mexico on the 16th, setting record low sea level pressures as it traversed the Southeast through the 17th.

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Flood$476K damage

Lincoln, ME · May 1, 2023

A broad area of low pressure across the Great Lakes region stalled out well to the west of the region early on Sunday, April 30th. A secondary area of low pressure developed and moved up the Eastern Seaboard and tracked across interior New England from Sunday, April 30th…

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Flash Flood$2.0M damage

York, ME · Oct 31, 2021

A rapidly developing area of low pressure tracked across the Southern New England coast and directly over Western Maine on the evening of October 30th and into the early morning hours of October 31st.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Cumberland, ME · Jan 10, 2024

A powerful storm tracked northeast through the Mid Mississippi River Valley on the 9th, rapidly deepening as it approached the southern Great Lakes.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Cumberland, ME · Jan 13, 2024

The second severe storm in a week���s time struck the northern New England coastline during the middle of January. An intense and rapidly deepening area of low pressure over the Great Lakes region (979 mb) combined the highest astronomical tides of the month to produce…

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Flash Flood$200K damage

York, ME · Jan 10, 2024

A powerful storm tracked northeast through the Mid Mississippi River Valley on the 9th, rapidly deepening as it approached the southern Great Lakes.

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Flash Flood$350K damage

Somerset, ME · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure began organizing in the Gulf of Mexico on the 16th, setting record low sea level pressures as it traversed the Southeast through the 17th.

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Flash Flood$350K damage

Franklin, ME · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure began organizing in the Gulf of Mexico on the 16th, setting record low sea level pressures as it traversed the Southeast through the 17th.

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Flood$1.5M damage

Knox, ME · Oct 31, 2021

A rapidly developing area of low pressure tracked across the Southern New England coast and directly over Western Maine on the evening of October 30th and into the early morning hours of October 31st.

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Flood$300K damage

Androscoggin, ME · May 1, 2023

A broad area of low pressure across the Great Lakes region stalled out well to the west of the region early on Sunday, April 30th. A secondary area of low pressure developed and moved up the Eastern Seaboard and tracked across interior New England from Sunday, April 30th…

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Flood$300K damage

Somerset, ME · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure began organizing in the Gulf of Mexico on the 16th, setting record low sea level pressures as it traversed the Southeast through the 17th.

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Flood$289K damage

Cumberland, ME · May 1, 2023

A broad area of low pressure across the Great Lakes region stalled out well to the west of the region early on Sunday, April 30th. A secondary area of low pressure developed and moved up the Eastern Seaboard and tracked across interior New England from Sunday, April 30th…

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Flash Flood$265K damage

Cumberland, ME · May 1, 2023

A broad area of low pressure across the Great Lakes region stalled out well to the west of the region early on Sunday, April 30th. A secondary area of low pressure developed and moved up the Eastern Seaboard and tracked across interior New England from Sunday, April 30th…

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