Coastal Flood, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- December 12, 10:48 AM EST to 11:24 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coastal Flood in Maine, December 12, 2000
A area of low pressure deepened as it moved northeastward along the Saint Lawrence Valley on the morning of the 12th. 3 feet above the 12 foot flood level.
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.
A area of low pressure deepened as it moved northeastward along the Saint Lawrence Valley on the morning of the 12th. A high astronomical tide (11.5 feet in Portland) coincided with strong southerly winds to cause tide levels to rise to 12.3 feet at Portland at 11:06 am, 0.3 feet above the 12 foot flood level. Docks were submerged in Portland. Roads along Narragansett and Mother's Beach in Kennebunkport sustained damage with three to four inches of rocks thrown on the roads.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Coastal Flood, Coastal York
- When
- December 12, 10:48 AM EST to 11:24 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal York forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Coastal Flood
- Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Texas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New Jersey, December 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Maine in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, December 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5177868, 5177869.