Flood, Southern Piscataquis
- When
- March 2, 1:30 AM EST to 5:30 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Maine, March 2, 1999
Up to 3 inches of rain fell in the Piscataquis River Basin causing the ice to run on the Piscataquis River. An ice jam developed in Dover-Foxcroft which caused minor flooding.
Where it happened
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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.
Up to 3 inches of rain fell in the Piscataquis River Basin causing the ice to run on the Piscataquis River. An ice jam developed in Dover-Foxcroft which caused minor flooding. The river crested at 12.32 feet at 3:30 am., 1.32 feet above the 11-foot flood stage.
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
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- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Maine in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, March 1999
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: 5701348.