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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.

Flash Flood

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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Flash Flood

Piscataquis, ME · Dec 18, 2023

Low pressure rapidly intensified while lifting north along the coast from Florida to New England from the 17th into the 18th. The low then tracked across New England...to the west of the region...during the 18th.

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Flash Flood

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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Flash Flood

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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Flash Flood

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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Flash Flood

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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Flash Flood

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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Flash Flood

Kennebec, ME · Aug 8, 2023

An area of low pressure moved northeast from Massachusetts into Maine and New Hampshire on the morning of the 8th. The rainfall intensity increased during peak heating, with the heaviest rainfall from Nashua New Hampshire to Waterville Maine.

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Flash Flood

Cumberland, ME · Aug 8, 2023

An area of low pressure moved northeast from Massachusetts into Maine and New Hampshire on the morning of the 8th. The rainfall intensity increased during peak heating, with the heaviest rainfall from Nashua New Hampshire to Waterville Maine.

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Flash Flood

Franklin, ME · Aug 9, 2023

An area of low pressure moved northeast from Massachusetts into Maine and New Hampshire on the morning of the 8th. The rainfall intensity increased during peak heating, with the heaviest rainfall from Nashua New Hampshire to Waterville Maine.

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Flash Flood

Franklin, ME · Aug 8, 2023

An area of low pressure moved northeast from Massachusetts into Maine and New Hampshire on the morning of the 8th. The rainfall intensity increased during peak heating, with the heaviest rainfall from Nashua New Hampshire to Waterville Maine.

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Flash Flood

Kennebec, ME · Aug 8, 2023

An area of low pressure moved northeast from Massachusetts into Maine and New Hampshire on the morning of the 8th. The rainfall intensity increased during peak heating, with the heaviest rainfall from Nashua New Hampshire to Waterville Maine.

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Flash Flood

Franklin, ME · Aug 8, 2023

An area of low pressure moved northeast from Massachusetts into Maine and New Hampshire on the morning of the 8th. The rainfall intensity increased during peak heating, with the heaviest rainfall from Nashua New Hampshire to Waterville Maine.

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Flood

Oxford, ME · Jul 16, 2023

On July 16th a widespread area of rain impacted the state. Rain showers began to develop around daybreak on July 16th and quickly became more widespread during the morning hours. Light to moderate rainfall became widespread across the state with embedded bands of heavy rain.

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Flood

Penobscot, ME · Jan 1, 2023

An ice jam developed along the Penobscot River during the afternoon of December 27th near Howland...which persisted into the morning of the 1st. The ice jam led to minor flooding in the vicinity of Merrill Brook Lane and Garden Lane.

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Flood

Knox, ME · Jan 26, 2023

On the 25th a winter storm lifted north through the Ohio River Valley and into the eastern Great Lakes while a weakening high pressure drifted southeast into the Canadian Maritimes.

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Flood

Aroostook, ME · Apr 14, 2023

An ice jam developed on the Aroostook River...between Caribou and Fort Fairfield...during the afternoon of the 14th. The ice jam produced flooding which initially led to the closure of the Grimes/North Caribou Road.

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Flood

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

Waldo, 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

Franklin, 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

York, 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

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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Flood

Franklin, 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

Somerset, 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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