902 first-hand accounts of flood events in Maine, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A very strong shortwave and associated cold front were approaching from the west on the morning of July 1st. Ahead of the front, a very warm and moist air mass was in place over New England with values of precipitable water around 2 inches.
Read the full account →Low pressure developed off the Florida coast on the 3rd of January before moving north on the 4th. The intense low (956 mb) passed southeast of Nantucket Island during a period of very high astronomical tides.
Read the full account →Low pressure intensified off the mid Atlantic coast (993 mb) on March 7th and moved to just off the northern New England coast by March 8th (989 mb). The low produced storm-force wind gusts over the outer waters.
Read the full account →A warm and humid air mass combined with an approaching cold front to produce over 6 inches of rain in 2 to 4 hours causing tremendous flash flooding in eastern Cumberland County. Roads were washed out or flooded by several feet of water.
Read the full account →Low pressure developed off the New Jersey coast (981mb), on March 2nd before rapidly intensifying well offshore on March 3rd (974mb), producing hurricane force wind gusts in the Gulf of Maine.
Read the full account →Low pressure developed off the New Jersey coast (981mb), on March 2nd before rapidly intensifying well offshore on March 3rd (974mb), producing hurricane force wind gusts in the Gulf of Maine.
Read the full account →A coastal low pressure system that developed along the northeast U.S. coast from the remnants of Pacific Hurricane Fausto brought high winds and heavy rain to coastal Maine.
Read the full account →The combination of rain and snowmelt runoff on March 17 was sufficient to produce ice jam flooding along various rivers in the Western Maine Mountains. Most of the ice remained within the streambanks, with the exception of the Carrabassett River.
Read the full account →Hurricane Teddy underwent extra-tropical transition to a strong 951 mb storm well off shore in the Gulf of Maine before moving north north towards Halifax, Nova Scotia. This powerful cyclone coincided with astronomically high tides.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure over the southeastern United States on the morning of Sunday, April 15th, rapidly intensified as it slowly moved north to near New York City by the morning of Monday, April 16th.
Read the full account →Low pressure moving up the east coast of the U.S. produce 3 to 5 inches of rain in a short period of time on mostly frozen ground, resulting in flash flooding in southwest Maine.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred along the coast of Maine on February 9th as an intense storm passed east of the Canadian Maritimes during a period of high astronomical tides.
Read the full account →Low pressure developed off the New Jersey coast (981mb), on March 2nd before rapidly intensifying well offshore on March 3rd (974mb), producing hurricane force wind gusts in the Gulf of Maine.
Read the full account →Low pressure developed off the New Jersey coast (981mb), on March 2nd before rapidly intensifying well offshore on March 3rd (974mb), producing hurricane force wind gusts in the Gulf of Maine.
Read the full account →A very strong shortwave and associated cold front were approaching from the west on the morning of July 1st. Ahead of the front, a very warm and moist air mass was in place over New England with values of precipitable water around 2 inches.
Read the full account →Heavy rains assosiated with strong south to southeast winds ahead of an intense low pressure center that moved northeast out of the Great Lakes combined with snowmelt caused by unseasonably warm air caused flooding along rivers and streams, washed out roads, and flooded some…
Read the full account →Low pressure intensified as it moved rapidly through eastern New York State during the evening of April 7th. This allowed a strong southerly gale to develop over the coastal waters throughout the day and during high tide.
Read the full account →Low pressure developed off the New Jersey coast (981mb), on March 2nd before rapidly intensifying well offshore on March 3rd (974mb), producing hurricane force wind gusts in the Gulf of Maine.
Read the full account →Low pressure rapidly intensified down to 988mb as it passed off the New England coast into the Gulf of Maine during the day on February 2nd. This produced storm force northeastly winds over the coastal waters that led to 25 foot nearshore waves.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure over the southeastern United States on the morning of Sunday, April 15th, rapidly intensified as it slowly moved north to near New York City by the morning of Monday, April 16th.
Read the full account →Deep tropical moisture was drawn north across the region in advance of a slow moving cold front while low pressure lifted north along the front. In addition to the tropical moisture...a strong low level jet provided additional Atlantic moisture.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure over the southeastern United States on the morning of Sunday, April 15th, rapidly intensified as it slowly moved north to near New York City by the morning of Monday, April 16th.
Read the full account →A coastal low pressure system (999 mb) crossed through western New England during a period of high astronomical tides on December 14th. This allowed for gale force southeasterly winds along the coast at high tide, leading to nearshore waves of 12 feet every 11 seconds along…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee transitioned to a post-tropical cyclone while approaching the region. The storm made landfall in extreme southwest Nova Scotia during the afternoon of the 16th...near Long Island...before lifting across New Brunswick.
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