902 first-hand accounts of flood events in Maine, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An ice jam developed on the Saint John River...in the vicinity of Dickey...during the evening of the 12th. Rising river levels led to flooding and the closure of a portion of Route 161...near the Allagash and Saint Francis town line. The road closure was brief.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →An ice jam developed along the Penobscot River during the afternoon of the 27th near Howland...which persisted into January 1st. The ice jam led to minor flooding in the vicinity of Merrill Brook Lane and Garden Lane.
Read the full account →Powerful low pressure rapidly intensified across the Great Lakes from the 22nd into the 23rd...tracking to Quebec province during the 24th. A secondary low developed across western New England during the 23rd from the occluding Great Lakes low.
Read the full account →An ice jam developed in the vicinity of Donnelly Island and Donnelly Brook...on the Aroostook River...during the early morning hours of the 10th. Minor flooding developed upriver from the jam which impacted Gardner Creek Road.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front crossing the region during the afternoon of the 7th. Slow moving and training thunderstorms across the higher terrain of Baxter State Park produced heavy rain which led to localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms moved through Oxford County in Maine dropping 3 to 6 inches of rain in 4 hours. This resulted in flash flooding on small rivers and streams in the towns of Rumford, Woodstock, Greenwood, Mexico, and Sumner.
Read the full account →Hurricane Sandy merged with a strong upper level trough approaching from the west just off the mid Atlantic coast. The resultant cut-off low caused Sandy to retrograde towards the southern New Jersey coast during the evening of October 29th as it rapidly intensified to 940 mb.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms moved through Oxford County in Maine dropping 3 to 6 inches of rain in 4 hours. This resulted in flash flooding on small rivers and streams in the towns of Rumford, Woodstock, Greenwood, Mexico, and Sumner.
Read the full account →An ice jam developed on the Aroostook River...between Caribou and Fort Fairfield...during the late evening of the 2nd. The ice jam was initially 5 to 6 miles in length...increasing to 9 to 12 miles during the 3rd.
Read the full account →The third in a series of four late season storms developed off the New England coast on Wednesday, May 25th. High astronomical tides combined with strong northeasterly winds and large ocean waves to produce coastal flooding and beach erosion.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall developed of the Western Maine Mountains on the afternoon of the 18th. Moist air supported torrential rainfall rates between 2 to 3 inches an hour, all of which fell over saturated soils.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall developed of the Western Maine Mountains on the afternoon of the 18th. Moist air supported torrential rainfall rates between 2 to 3 inches an hour, all of which fell over saturated soils.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall developed of the Western Maine Mountains on the afternoon of the 18th. Moist air supported torrential rainfall rates between 2 to 3 inches an hour, all of which fell over saturated soils.
Read the full account →Low pressure crossed Cape Cod and entered the Gulf of Maine on June 2nd. An upper low approaching from the west intensified this system on June 3rd before slowly exiting the Gulf of Maine on the 4th through the 5th.
Read the full account →Low pressure crossed Cape Cod and entered the Gulf of Maine on June 2nd. An upper low approaching from the west intensified this system on June 3rd before slowly exiting the Gulf of Maine on the 4th through the 5th.
Read the full account →Low pressure crossed Cape Cod and entered the Gulf of Maine on June 2nd. An upper low approaching from the west intensified this system on June 3rd before slowly exiting the Gulf of Maine on the 4th through the 5th.
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