Flash Flood, Franklin
- When
- June 22, 12:00 PM EST to June 23, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Jay
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Maine, June 22 to 23, 1997
A line of heavy thunderstorms moved through southern Franklin County dumping 1 to 3 inches of rain in one hour. Many roads were washed out in Jay and New Sharon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A line of heavy thunderstorms moved through southern Franklin County dumping 1 to 3 inches of rain in one hour. Many roads were washed out in Jay and New Sharon. There was one unofficial report of 4.5 inches of rain in two hours.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:43 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Franklin
- When
- June 22, 12:00 PM EST to June 23, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, New Sharon
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 22, 1997
- Hail in Minnesota, June 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 22, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 22, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 22, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 22 to 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, June 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 22 to 23, 1997
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 22 to 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Maine in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, June 1997
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: 5624861, 5624862.