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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$250K damage

Kennebec, 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$240K 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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Flood$235K damage

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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Coastal Flood$500K damage

Coastal York, ME · Jan 17, 2022

Low pressure rapidly intensified into a strong storm (980 mb) and tracked over western New England on the morning of January 17th. This allowed for a strong easterly flow to develop as the system passed to our west.

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Coastal Flood$500K damage

Knox, 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$230K 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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Coastal Flood$100K damage

Coastal Cumberland, ME · Mar 10, 2024

A multifaceted storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to the coast, and heavy snow to the mountains on March 10th. A period of heavy rain between daybreak and noon caused excessive runoff and flash flooding in parts of Cumberland County where rainfall totals exceeded 3…

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Coastal Flood$100K damage

Coastal York, ME · Mar 10, 2024

A multifaceted storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to the coast, and heavy snow to the mountains on March 10th. A period of heavy rain between daybreak and noon caused excessive runoff and flash flooding in parts of Cumberland County where rainfall totals exceeded 3…

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Flash Flood$200K 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$200K 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$200K damage

Kennebec, 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$200K 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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Flash Flood$184K 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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Flash Flood$150K 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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Flash Flood$144K 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$615K damage

Hancock, ME · Jun 9, 2021

Slow moving training thunderstorms developed across the Downeast coast during the early morning hours of the 9th along a cold front. The thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall and flash flooding along portions of the Downeast coast.

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Flash Flood$130K damage

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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Flash Flood$120K 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$117K 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$110K 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$50K damage

York, 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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Flood$100K 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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Flood$100K 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$100K damage

Kennebec, 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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