Flash Flood, Kennebec
- When
- April 16, 7:00 AM EST to April 17, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kennebec County, North Monmouth
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Coordinates
- 44.409, -69.767 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Maine, April 16 to 17, 1997
On the morning of April 16, the dam on Apple Valley Lake breached causing flooding in North Monmouth. Flood damages totalled about $250,000 to roads and about $100,000 to homes.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
On the morning of April 16, the dam on Apple Valley Lake breached causing flooding in North Monmouth. Flood damages totalled about $250,000 to roads and about $100,000 to homes.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:03 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in North Dakota, April 16 to 20, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 16 to 20, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 16, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5624851.