Flash Flood, Coastal Hancock
- When
- January 24, 8:00 AM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Hancock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Maine, January 24, 1998
Heavy rain from a storm moving along the coast dumped from 2 to more than 4 inches of rain on downeast Maine. Many streets were flooded and closed because of clogged storm drains, frozen culverts, and deep snow/ice banks.
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.
Heavy rain from a storm moving along the coast dumped from 2 to more than 4 inches of rain on downeast Maine. Many streets were flooded and closed because of clogged storm drains, frozen culverts, and deep snow/ice banks. Roads were closed in Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Blue Hill.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 168 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Southern Penobscot
- When
- January 24, 8:00 AM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Penobscot forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maine, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 24 to 31, 1998
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 24, 1998
- Flood in New Jersey, January 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 24, 1998
- Flash Flood in Rhode Island, January 24, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, January 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, January 24, 1998
- Tropical Storm in American Samoa, January 24 to 26, 1998
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Maine in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, January 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: 5638780, 5638781.