Flash Flood in Somerset County, Maine

Flash Flood July 18, 2023 · Somerset County, Maine

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Deep flood waters came off North Shore Road onto W Shore Road near the intersection with N Shore Road adjacent to Pleasant Pond. The debris was over a foot deep.

The wider storm

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. Localized flash flooding resulted where storms trained over the same locations. A localized outflow wind gusts associated with one of the flash flood thunderstorms also downed some trees.

Began near Pleasant Pond (45.2533, -69.9358).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1123786. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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