Flood — Waldo, Maine

2023-10-08 · near Prospect, Waldo, Maine

Event narrative

Heavy rain caused excessive run-off that led to a culvert failure and a wash-out of Hawes Bridge Road Rd. in Prospect. Post mortem report was there were design flaws with the culvert that was a factor in the wash-out.

Wider weather episode

An upper level moved out the Great Lakes towards New England on the 7th. An area of low pressure developed across the Mid-Atlantic and pushed north into the Gulf of Maine through the day. These features interacted with anomalous moisture across the region for October bringing convective rain squalls and areas of heavy rain. Most of Western Maine missed out on the heaviest of the rainfall but locally heavy rain begin to impact the Mid-Coast region by late afternoon. The rain continued and became heavy at times through evening and into the night before tapering off by Midnight. Coastal Knox County received the heaviest rainfall where close to 5 fell in some areas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1146016. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.