Flood, Southern Oxford
- When
- April 4, 3:30 PM EST to 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Maine, April 4, 2000
A weak cold front slid south of Maine on the morning of the 3rd and became stationary over southern New England producing 1/4 to 1/3 of an inch of precipitation. Low pressure then developed along this front in the midwest and moved northeast and was located north of Syracuse, New York by 8 am April 4.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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.
A weak cold front slid south of Maine on the morning of the 3rd and became stationary over southern New England producing 1/4 to 1/3 of an inch of precipitation. Low pressure then developed along this front in the midwest and moved northeast and was located north of Syracuse, New York by 8 am April 4. The low produced an additional inch of rainfall in northern New Hampshire and western Maine. This low then moved slowly up the St. Lawrence River on the 4th producing another 1/3 to 1/2 inch of rain in northern New Hampshire and western Maine. Runoff from these rains caused the Saco River to flood briefly near the New Hampshire border.
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
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, April 4, 2000
- Strong Wind in Iowa, April 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Washington, April 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, April 4, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 4, 2000
- Flooding in New York, April 4 to 7, 2000
- Flooding in New Hampshire, April 4 to 6, 2000
- Flooding in New York, April 4 to 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 4, 2000
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, April 4, 2000
More
Every storm in Maine in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, April 2000
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: 5142848.