Flash Flood, Androscoggin
- When
- June 19, 5:30 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin County, Livermore Falls
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Maine, June 19, 1998
Two to four inches of rain in less than 2 hours caused flash flooding of a section of Livermore Falls around Moose Hill, Souther and Claybrook Roads. These roads were washed out at several locations and flooded by a nearby brook.
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
- $75,000
- 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.
Two to four inches of rain in less than 2 hours caused flash flooding of a section of Livermore Falls around Moose Hill, Souther and Claybrook Roads. These roads were washed out at several locations and flooded by a nearby brook. In Pittsfield, 4.2 inches f rain fell in 45 minutes, washing out roads.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Somerset
- When
- June 19, 6:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, Pittsfield
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (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
- Rip Current in Florida, June 19, 1998
- Heat in Louisiana, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, June 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in Montana, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1998
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: 5675805, 5675806.