Flash Flood in Somerset County, Maine
Flash Flood July 17, 2025 · Somerset County, Maine
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Local official reported severe damage to Baker Lake Road near mile 28. Gravel road. time estimated.
The wider storm
Low pressure tracking across southern Quebec Province lifted a warm front across northern Maine during the 17th...with a cold front then approaching late. A very unstable environment and favorable shear supported supercell thunderstorm development across northern Maine during the afternoon. Thunderstorms then persisted into the evening. Wind gusts up to 50 to 55 mph accompanied the stronger thunderstorms. In the Allagash Wilderness region a woman was killed when thunderstorm wind gusts toppled a tree on to her tent. A well defined funnel cloud occurred near the shoreline of Moosehead Lake at Beaver Cove. Training thunderstorms produced flash flooding across northern Somerset county. The flash flooding heavily damaged several dirt roads while also destroying several culverts.
Began near Saboomook (46.2893, -69.9199).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1283100. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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