Flood, Northeast Aroostook
- When
- April 18, 3:00 PM EST to April 20, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Northeast Aroostook forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Maine, April 18 to 20, 1998
Snowmelt in northern Maine caused minor flooding along the St. John River.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
Snowmelt in northern Maine caused minor flooding along the St. John River.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, April 18 to 19, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Georgia, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, April 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 18, 1998
- Flooding in Indiana, April 18 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Texas, April 18 to 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Louisiana, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Maine in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, April 1998
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: 5655542.